Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, On Parade-Mounted Bar, By Godet Buy Now circumscribed “In Memoriam 1848-1916”

circumscribed “In Memoriam 1848-1916”

indicating that Hugo is part of the occupying forces

as well as those produced in gold

which was at that time deployed in northern Italy

a wreath lays in the quadrants between the cross arms

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, On Parade-Mounted Bar, By Godet Buy Now circumscribed “In Memoriam 1848-1916”(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 with its period original ribbon mounted to a parade style bar with a horizontal pinback, 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