Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity weighing 488 grams

weighing 488 grams

with one small nip in the trim on the visor's edge

in the department of Sarthe

from May 1918 to the conclusion of the conflict

" The government version of events is much different

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity weighing 488 grams(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 central oak leaves, the six oclock