Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive A Fine Bavarian Military Merit

A Fine Bavarian Military Merit Order

all four prongs perfectly intact on the reverse

lost his plane and (was) picked up and taken to an island where he had several days rest"

number impressed "079" on the reverse

After VJ Day in August 1945

Germany, Imperial. A Cased 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive A Fine Bavarian Military Merit(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 5 August 1914. (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 date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an