Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction 49 mm long pin

49 mm long pin

Footnote: Sylvester McLean was born on July 10

Initially the 5th Battalion wore a Balmoral bonnet instead of the beret

"ROKISKI GRABADOR MADRID" engraver maker's label on the reverse sealing the package shut

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction 49 mm long pin(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver and iron, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte with a magnetic blackened 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 oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with tree central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an