Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked GTRexclude the 23rd Battalion was re-designated

the 23rd Battalion was re-designated the 23rd Reserve Battalion

on a 29 mm long pin (pin is shortened)

1943 he became Commander-in-Chief of all Kriegsmarine units in the Baltic Sea

the clasp measuring 45

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked GTRexclude the 23rd Battalion was re-designated(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension, 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