Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed 38 mm (w) x 52

38 mm (w) x 52

37 mm x 39 mm

Air Ministry

the reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “ROBERT KLASS

65 mm (w) x 92

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed 38 mm (w) x 52(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