Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Sy & Wagner certificate_of_authenticity black painted handles

black painted handles

the reverse inscribed “In remembrance of the oath swearing ceremony of political leaders of the Westfalen-South region”

A bottle is such a dangerous thing to pack in one's knapsack that as a rule we fill our fountain pens and keep them for addressing envelopes or writing important field messages

Second postcard illustrates two Italian soldiers in the foreground

One First War Wound Badge in Black without Document

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Sy & Wagner certificate_of_authenticity black painted handles(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