Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, Ii Class, C.1900 Auction Archive MOSTOWSKI U

MOSTOWSKI U

maker marked “G/FR

the middle pair of the original four pairs and the pair furthest from the end having been added by the owner

with a black-and-white photograph of Witschow in plain clothes stapled to the fourth page

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, Ii Class, C.1900 Auction Archive MOSTOWSKI U(Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 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 leaves, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbers on the lower arm, a raised crown on the