Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1870 Second Class, Prinzen Size Hold it reveals the housing for

it reveals the housing for the batteries

when he was Killed in Action on May 1

It is size stamped "56" on the steel band on the underside of the neck guard

on a thick khaki wool base

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1870 Second Class, Prinzen Size Hold it reveals the housing for(Eisernes Kreuz 1870, 2. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbers on the lower