Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature Archive obverse illustrating a standing fireman

obverse illustrating a standing fireman with a hose in his hands

Cross shows small chip on reverse - Family tradition says that this chip occurred when he served as the Police President from Dusseldorf during the 1920

with a slender vertical banjo style pinback

brass with a silver centerpiece

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature Archive obverse illustrating a standing fireman(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer mit Miniatur). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon mounted onto a card stock bar, 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