Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked certificate_of_authenticity with patinated core

with patinated core

awards listed: 4 Years Long Service medal (1939)

itself constructed of a silver frame with a ribbed exterior

some images bearing handwritten reverse inscriptions in both Latin and Cyrillic script

Instituted in 1898 (in bronze gilt

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Case, Ko-Marked certificate_of_authenticity with patinated core(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension, 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