Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed retaining a functional push-button spring

retaining a functional push-button spring release

two gilt bronze rank pips

atop a castle wall

the reverse bearing a central circular Gold medallion overlaid by a blue enameled inscription of “VIRTUTI” (“VIRTUE”)

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed retaining a functional push-button spring(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange 25). Instituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 71 issue; Jubilee Clasp 1895 issue). 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 a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal