Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity Johns on the Richelieu River

Johns on the Richelieu River (now Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)

original frayed ribbon

extremely fine condition with nearly all of its original silvering still intact

Outstanding Group to Admiral John Sidney McCain (1884 - 1945) - A comprehensive legacy

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity Johns on the Richelieu River(1970 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 19 July 1870 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised central initial W with the reinstitution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, with a royal crown on the top arm, the reverse with three