Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive British 8th Army

British 8th Army

hand with Arabic inscription around

00 o'clock on the evening of February 14th

Foreign Secretary (1880) and Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine (18851894)

the Combat Medical Badge

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive British 8th Army(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 18 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