Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Walther Karl Alfred Wichmann Auction Archive with golden-yellow waffenfarbe piping along

with golden-yellow waffenfarbe piping along the edges (denoting Flugbereitschaft/Flight Detachment)

Acting Adutant-General

the cap reinforced with brown cotton straps on the exterior

but with most of its original silvering worn off due to age and wear

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Walther Karl Alfred Wichmann Auction Archive with golden-yellow waffenfarbe piping alongA 1914 Iron Cross II Class, (Eisernes Kreuz). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. 1914 Issue. An Iron Cross with magnetic iron core, silver frame, black patina, crown on obverse 12 oclock arm, 1914 on obverse 6 oclock arm, W on obverse centre which stands for Wilhelm, crowned cipher FW on reverse 12 oclock arm, 1813 on reverse 6 oclock arm, oak branch on reverse centre, indistinguishable makers mark on suspension ring,