Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction suspended from an laurel wreath

suspended from an laurel wreath and a broadened loop with black enameled knight’s armour

Inset into the obverse post-manufacture is a coppered bronze insignia consisting of a raised Slovak Cross

while his high school education was at Western Technical School (1936 to 1938)

Underneath the eagle is a machine-embroidered tri-colour cockade measuring 22 mm in diameter

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction suspended from an laurel wreath(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue), Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak