Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Case Archive After seven and a half

After seven and a half weeks at Bear Wood

dated to March 10

inscribed "TO ONE WHO SERVED THE NATION WITH HONOR 1898 1899 1900" in the centre

the son of Josef Lautenschlager (✝July 31

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Case Archive After seven and a half(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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