Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac rim has been shaved down

rim has been shaved down and privately engraved 41647 SERGT

GARDINO GIOIELLERIA ROMA"

The inner edge features three brown leather straps securely stitched to the flag

measuring 42 mm (w) x 67 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

Volume II - From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac rim has been shaved down(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse an Einzelschnalle). Reinstituted 5 August by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a parade mount with a horizontal pinback, 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