Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Newly Listed Type I without Year Designation

Type I without Year Designation (three-piece construction

one is marked "Disparu au pôle en 1928" (Disappeared at the pole in 1928)

Constructed of blue doeskin wool

the cap measuring 295 mm (w) x 102 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Newly Listed Type I without Year Designation(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm, maker