Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class, With 25Th Jubilee Clasp United Republic of Footnote: While undoubtedly of period

Footnote: While undoubtedly of period manufacture

Major-General Septimus Denison

once again after a war

commanded a force of approximately a thousand rifles and two guns

all superimposed on a top black wool base

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class, With 25Th Jubilee Clasp United Republic of Footnote: While undoubtedly of period(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilums Eichenlaub). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I (Jubilee Clasp instituted 18 August 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Iron Cross 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