Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Schleif Auction Archive measuring 132 mm in width

measuring 132 mm in width x 275 mm in length x 81 mm in depth

convex in structure

nick on the edge of the upper arm

the maker’s initials “WC” on the reverse side of the sword tip

He was named after his grandfather

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Unteroffizier Schleif Auction Archive measuring 132 mm in width(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with