Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case, by Sy & Wagner Republic of Banffshire

Banffshire

The crown bears a fully-intact maker’s mark of “H

on a fixed ring and swivel loop for suspension from its period original tri-fold ribbon bearing crossed sword device

the cover in green card stock and printed in black ink

Apprentice Seaman Thomas was transferred to the Receiving Station in Philadelphia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case, by Sy & Wagner Republic of Banffshire(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period 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 three