Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Marked GTRexclude medal bed in navy blue

medal bed in navy blue felt and exhibiting a silhouette of the badge

and pinned with gilded bronze NSDAP-style German national eagles above two oak leaves and two oak leaf branches of identical construction

He recovered in a hospital in Vienna from September 26 to October 14

cypher of Leopold II on the reverse centrepiece

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Marked GTRexclude medal bed in navy blue(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak