Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and inscribed “ehrenhalle der Nationalsozialisten”

and inscribed “ehrenhalle der Nationalsozialisten” across the building

45 mm x 91 mm)

consisting of a Cross Pattée with rounded arms and laurels in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

VI - Twenty Months in the Mediterranean

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Luxury Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and inscribed “ehrenhalle der Nationalsozialisten”(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 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