Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction (Waffen-SS Unteroffizier Schirmmütze)

(Waffen-SS Unteroffizier Schirmmütze)

43 mm x 72 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension

which includes: Staff Officers

plus multiple black and white plates interspersed throughout

joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a raised inscription of “LANDWACHT”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction (Waffen-SS Unteroffizier Schirmmütze)(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 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 arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak