Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 2Nd Class In Case Auction Archive 43mm (x61mm including wreath suspension)

43mm (x61mm including wreath suspension)

Constructed of silvery machine embroidery within a bed of dark green cotton backing

101-51" on the reverse

he fought with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the Boer War

In fire gilded aluminum

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 2Nd Class In Case Auction Archive 43mm (x61mm including wreath suspension)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse mit Etui). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension unmarked; with its period original full length combatants ribbon; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak