Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive measuring 60 mm (w) x

measuring 60 mm (w) x 105 mm (h) and retaining an original wax paper liner

scattered contact marks on the reverse

three Medal for Merit to the Nation Ribbon Bars

settling in Ottawa

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Privately-Purchased Example, with Case Auction Archive measuring 60 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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, 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