Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By H.r. Wilm, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Friedrich Held Auction Archive Promoted to Major in February

Promoted to Major in February 1899

1915 in St

2 mm (w) x 48 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

2) A Hamburg Hansa War “Hanseatic” War Cross ribbon with Crossed Anchors

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class By H.r. Wilm, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Friedrich Held Auction Archive Promoted to Major in February(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with