Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Auction the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned Bavarian lion rampant within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt

Towards the left on the sweatband is a maker’s mark in silver lettering - it is illegible

a ball-tipped enameled white Maltese Cross

The reverse is numbered “8298/8”

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Auction the reverse with a central(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