Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Breast Star - Knight Commanders

Breast Star - Knight Commanders 1st type

11 February 1943 - Wilhelmshaven

8 mm x 123

A number of years later

the anti-imperialist fight

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Breast Star - Knight Commanders(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 18 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak