Germany, Imperial. A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Instituted 30 September 1866 by

Instituted 30 September 1866 by Grand Duke Friedrich I

clasp slightly recessed

insignia in gilt metal with red and blue enamels

Benson gained permission from the War Office

corrugated

Germany, Imperial. A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Instituted 30 September 1866 by(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse Einzelspange). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon mounted to a magnetic metal backer with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner, 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