Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Custom Case, By Ko consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac edge wear evident on the

edge wear evident on the WM and EM

Accompanied by a 10 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar and a 4 mm x 17 mm enamelled Ribbon Bar with button hole attachment

The blade presents plain with the exception of an etched maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “ALCOSO

Provenance Footnote: Previously sold as Lot 94 in Andreas Theis Auction 48

the reverse with a brief handwritten inscription and date of “9

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Custom Case, By Ko consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac edge wear evident on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). 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 central oak