Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction measuring 67 mm x 33

measuring 67 mm x 33 mm

A Swedish Order of the Sword

thirteen with a single screwback

measuring 100 mm x 46 mm

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction measuring 67 mm x 33(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon mounted on a trapezoidal bar with a black wool reverse liner and 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 1870,