Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold as part of Task Element

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War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords - Bronze

while the right side has a central interlocking tab illustrating a fleur-de-lis on a pebbled background

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold as part of Task Element(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original narrow version 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 an reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the