Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class By H.r. Wilm Auction The interior of the cap

The interior of the cap features a 40 mm-wide grey leather sweatband secured with a row of machine stitching

The NSV was established in 1933

he calmly directed the fire of his squad and that of a nearby tank on four enemy stone and concrete emplacements

ten are maker marked "Drago Paris"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class By H.r. Wilm Auction The interior of the cap(1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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