Germany, Imperial. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii, Centenary Display Piece Archive unmarked with pebbled texture

unmarked with pebbled texture

The document is stamped and signed in black ink by Colonel and Regiment Commander Ernst Gustav Erdmann von Heynitz (1863–1927)

that was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim

hallmarked on the reverse of the crown suspension

where he was posted to "A" Wing at the Canadian Concentration Camp at Kinmel Park

Germany, Imperial. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii, Centenary Display Piece Archive unmarked with pebbled texture(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