with a small band decoration in the middle of the two lowest leaves
Both with beautiful patinas
Footnote: This is a badge commemorating the 5th Hessen Day in Kassel
maker marked "W" in a circle on the reverse
WWI 129th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Browning copper
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case Newly Listed with a small band decoration(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six