Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Archive accompanied by a card stock

accompanied by a card stock folio with a faux red leather exterior

Liman von Sanders would be the last German to attempt this task

with a shield dated "31 MAY 1916" and backed by a trident between the flags

Gerald Ross Norton (signed by Norton with "Best Wishes V

The wreath is hand engraved "IMIT"

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Archive accompanied by a card stock(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original narrow version 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 an reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the