Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Province of China with period wartime repair to

with period wartime repair to catch

the edges trimmed in brown cord piping indicating the branch to be Signals

maker mark engraved “F

A well-preserved Prussian Grenadier Officer’s Pickelhaube

a 1936 HJ German Youth Festival commemorative badge

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Province of China with period wartime repair to(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the loop fastened with a 25th Jubilee Clasp, consisting of three overlapping oak leaves bearing a raised number 25, the award consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central