Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity gently sloping downward towards the

gently sloping downward towards the front

He displayed it to the full at Ridley College

a paramilitary organization set up by former soldiers in the chaos following the end of the First World War

two visible rivets holding obverse eagle in place

The peak of the cap bears an insignia in the form of a field-grey rayon trapezoid with a machine-embroidered Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity gently sloping downward towards the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock