Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross II Class, Single Mount, by J. Godet & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 55 mm (w) x

measuring 55 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

all four arms of the cross had been re-enameled

initiating and waging wars of aggression

in a white surround the hand painted motto OMNIA RELINQT SERVARE REMPB (He abandoned everything to serve his country) beginning at 6 o’clock

on a period original ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross II Class, Single Mount, by J. Godet & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 55 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse, Einzelspange). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a parade mount with a horizontal pinback and green wool reverse liner situated on a magnetic metal core, 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