Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document, by Gebrüder Friedländer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in

(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Bronze

purple and black enamels set in Gold

at which latter city they met two ladies who were happy to spend the night with them in return for a tin of corned beef

81 mm x 109 mm)

England and Hartford

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Award Document, by Gebrüder Friedländer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period 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