Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity service number impressed "49" over

service number impressed "49" over "780" (49780) on the reverse

Footnote: Louis XV (1715-1774)

Lyon with a strength of 23 officers and 424 other ranks

After two months

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity service number impressed "49" over(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 bearing 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