Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann Auction “Lufft” (manufacturer)

“Lufft” (manufacturer)

possibly the finest example of this very scarce dagger

99mm (w) x 23

with a 57 mm x 63

(Crux Navalis)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Unteroffizier Der Reserve Heinrich Hofmann Auction “Lufft” (manufacturer)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with a period original ribbon stitched into a parade format, 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