Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Republic of mounted to a silver gilt

mounted to a silver gilt ten-pointed star

but with enough of its bronzing remaining to positively identify this as a bronze grade Close Combat Clap

and the Sardinian Medal for Valour awarded during the Crimean War

The reverse is marked “STERLING”

later renamed to Panzerjäger-Abteilung 33

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Republic of mounted to a silver gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse an Einzelspange). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the