Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example Hold Mittweida” as well as “B”

Mittweida” as well as “B” denoting private purchase on the reverse

orange-brown soiling evident to the hide-lined features

but typical pin assembly set up by Meybauer

but textbook badge by maker Schwerin

taken on strength in France on July 17th

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example Hold Mittweida” as well as “B”(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock