Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Archive emblematic of the National Socialists’

emblematic of the National Socialists’ emphasis on blood and soil

Arthus Bertrand Type

measures 49mm(w) x 33mm(h)

Cross measures 17

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Archive emblematic of the National Socialists’(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