Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Hold On either side at the

On either side at the waist are brass loops for the placement of a belt

the centrepiece ring inscribed "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE"

some oxidation is evident to the central medallion

six are missing their suspension rings

from the 35th Infantry Division Antitank Battalion (Provisional)

Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Hold On either side at theA pair of First World War service decorations, consisting of: 1. Iron Cross 1914 II. Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Re instituted August 5th, 1914. Constructed of iron and silver, on a swivel loop for suspension from its Third Reich period replacement 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,