Germany, Imperial. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii, Centenary Display Piece Auction Archive " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked "SCHMIDHAUSSLER PFORZHEIM"

the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe during the Second World War

while straitting near a Command Post

with original case of issue inscribed in German and Czech

Germany, Imperial. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii, Centenary Display Piece Auction Archive " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse, Museumsstck). 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, unmarked, measuring 43. 27 mm (w) x 47. 58 mm (h), a centenary