Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Province of China the hanger missing its pinback

the hanger missing its pinback

demonstrating minor loss of finish throughout the base metal and crude repairs to the enamels of the HJ logo

constructed of multiple pieces of heavy grey leather with machine stitched reinforcements along the seams

obverse medallion bears inscription SERVICIU CREDINCIOS

suspended from a triangular hanger with pinback in bronze gilt with red enamels

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount Province of China the hanger missing its pinback(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse an Einzelschnalle). Reinstituted 5 August by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a parade mount with a horizontal pinback, 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