Germany, Imperial. A Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold a gilt stippled ground bearing

a gilt stippled ground bearing a pastiche of Mount Rushmore encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel belt inscribed in gilt letters ‘L’UNION RENFORCE LA VALEUR’ (Unity reinforces bravery)

Naming is officially engraved on the rim of the CFD

two bronze gilt insignia

surface oxidation evident on both sides)

Germany, Imperial. A Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold a gilt stippled ground bearing(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse Einzelspange). 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 trapezoidal bronze 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