Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Archive 8 mm x 85 mm)

8 mm x 85 mm)

with an eagle crouching at the top of the badge

silver (BHM 382)

movable crown

50mmx (x77mm including wreath suspension)

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Archive 8 mm x 85 mm)(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange 25). Instituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 71 issue; Jubilee Clasp 1895 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal