Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2 cm (w) x 5

2 cm (w) x 5

with a two-piece screwback

WELZHEIM”

Told by his engineers that a replacement would take twelve hours to construct

with a stylized latticework band

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Maker Marked Example consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2 cm (w) x 5(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