Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive There are magnetic field gray

There are magnetic field gray painted metal upward-pointing loops on either side at the waist for placement of a belt

Iron Cross 19392nd Class

obverse printed in black

inscribed “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS” (“IF GOD IS WITH US

All the buttons and seams appear to have their original stitching

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive There are magnetic field gray(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A 1914 Iron Cross, II Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised