Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed but displaying typical manufacturing characteristics

but displaying typical manufacturing characteristics of Wilhelm Deumer

Footnote: After training

WWI 134th Infantry Battalion Glengarry Badge - Browning copper

suspension consisting of a elongated and ornate Thai crown in hollow silver gilt

high-quality Pour le Mérite manufactured during the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed but displaying typical manufacturing characteristics(Kniglich Preuischen Eisernen Kreuz von 1870). A beautiful 1870 cross patte with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, set in a pleasingly toned silver frame with a silver base plate, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, with one prong remaining