Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of presenting as a Cross Pattée

presenting as a Cross Pattée with central inscription “1914-1918” within an oak leaf wreath

a Luftwaffebeamter Kriegsinspektor board

the Commander by Number was added in 1847

one in plain bronze

measuring 870 mm in length and weighing 444 grams

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of presenting as a Cross Pattée(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon mounted on a trapezoidal bar with a black wool reverse liner and 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 1870,