Germany, A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed D'AUTRICHE

D'AUTRICHE

It exhibits a nice aged-look

having previously completed the required service (two years

1918: awarded the Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class with Swords in recognition of exceptional bravery as an airman in the face of the enemy

and edged with red waffenfarbe (indicating Artillery unit)

Germany, A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed D'AUTRICHE(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 zink backer with a horizontal pinback and light brown 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