Original Imperial German WWI Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 with Award Certificate - Martin Lutz Russian Documents Books Surrounding this emblem are various

Surrounding this emblem are various words and dates:

including a Metropolitan Police Shako

the Battle of Tamai in March 1884 and at the Battle of Kirbekan in February 1885

They indicated that a display cutaway like this was in use when they attended training in 1987

but was later refit with the correct two leaf Springfield type

Original Imperial German WWI Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 with Award Certificate - Martin Lutz Russian Documents Books Surrounding this emblem are variousOriginal Item: Only One Available. Established by Prussian King Frederick William III in 1813 for gallantry in action, the Eisernes Kreuz (Iron Cross) decoration was revived several times for later conflicts. The bulk of the issues are divided into 1st and 2nd class versions, but a rare and superior 'Grand Cross' was also awarded for successful field commanders. During WWI the lower decoration was freely awarded with 5 million second class types