Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Auction Archive An Iron Cross Second Class

An Iron Cross Second Class 1914 by Sy-Wagner of Berlin - Silver with black paint

published in 1935 by Deutscher Verlag

the obverse depicting two rampant lions holding the coat of arms of the free city of Bremen

Around 04:40 on August 15th

mere feet above

Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Auction Archive An Iron Cross Second ClassA pair of First World War service decorations, consisting of: 1. Iron Cross 1914 II. Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Re instituted August 5th, 1914. Constructed of iron and silver, on a swivel loop for suspension from its Third Reich period replacement 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,