Original U.S. WWI Framed Captured Souvenir German Iron Cross 2nd Class EKII with YMCA Letter Sent Home - 8 ⅞" x 10 ⅞” U.S. Replica from ripped cases to cracked

from ripped cases to cracked hand receivers

where he was hospitalized with tonsillitis

with a very nice horn-tipped ramrod still retained under the barrel

which has faded to tan on the exterior from the sun

but were repulsed by one of Durutte's brigades

Original U.S. WWI Framed Captured Souvenir German Iron Cross 2nd Class EKII with YMCA Letter Sent Home - 8 ⅞" x 10 ⅞” U.S. Replica from ripped cases to crackedOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous piece of AEF and Imperial German history, an Iron Cross 2nd Class which was bought from a German soldier by a Major in the American Expeditionary Forces, along with a great letter of provenance on YMCA letterhead dated June 10th, 1919. The letter discusses that this Iron Cross was not taken in Battle from a Boche prisoner, but he was able to get some of them in Coblentz before The German Authorities