Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Newly Listed 27mm(w) x 40

27mm(w) x 40

Jubilee Medal for 60 Years of the Armed Forces 1918-1978

on a forest green wool backer

(Sachse-Ernestinische Hausorden Ritterkreuz Komturkreuz)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Newly Listed 27mm(w) x 40(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three