Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and pinned with gilded bronze

and pinned with gilded bronze insignia

as it served as a strategic crossroads

Footnote: Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III) (August 3

circumscribed by a ring bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H

obverse illustrating Perry's warship

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and pinned with gilded bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue; c. 1813 centenary reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm