Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Rare Case for Austrian-Style Ribbon Archive bronzed and blackened silver finish

bronzed and blackened silver finish respectively

Marked “925”

Instituted 15 September 1884 by Großherzog Friedrich Franz IV

United Italy Medal (37

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Rare Case for Austrian-Style Ribbon Archive bronzed and blackened silver finish(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold (Austrian style) 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,