Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive 005 days of Active Service

005 days of Active Service Overseas)

The shape is slightly irregular

with bottom date of “1808”

Klasse Kreuz mit Schwertern am Ring)

on proceeding overseas for service in the French theatre with the 4th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive 005 days of Active Service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve