Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross GTRexclude bordered by rose red rayon

bordered by rose red rayon piping

with black cross arms on all sides of the eagle

It measures 197 mm x 340mm

and attached to the Royal Engineers during the Siege of Sevastopol

Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross GTRexclude bordered by rose red rayonA 1914 Iron Cross, (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