Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Auction Archive the obverse depicting two rampant

the obverse depicting two rampant lions holding the coat of arms of the free city of Bremen

brown exterior

mere feet above

An Iron Cross Second Class 1914 by Sy-Wagner of Berlin - Silver with black paint

1835 as a First-Class Volunteer and MIdshipman on board the Magicienne and served on that ship for three and a half years off the coasts of Spain and Portugal

Germany, Empire. A Pair of First World War Service Decorations ( Iron Cross 1914 / Military Merit Cross) Auction Archive the obverse depicting two rampantA pair of First World War service decorations, consisting of: 1. Iron Cross 1914 II. Class. (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Re instituted August 5th, 1914. Constructed of iron and silver, on a swivel loop for suspension from its Third Reich period replacement 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,