Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive measuring 76 mm (w) x

measuring 76 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

a homestead and mountains in the distance

a plane in the sky above

the reverse marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “6” for maker Fritz Zimmermann

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive measuring 76 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a replacement tri fold 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