Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive There are magnetic field gray

There are magnetic field gray painted metal upward-pointing loops on either side at the waist for placement of a belt

along with chipping and repair evident in the green enamels on both sides

Knights Cross - in silver gilt and enamels

Footnote: Benjamin Fernald enlisted as a Private with 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

inscribed “SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS” (“IF GOD IS WITH US

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive There are magnetic field gray(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A 1914 Iron Cross, II Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, 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 arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised