Germany, Imperial. A 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude metal gilded insignia on red

metal gilded insignia on red cotton (small damage at the bottom of one tab)

with a fine twill weave (Körperbindung) pattern of parallel running ribs

marked BRONZE on the rim

Measures 248 mm x 296 mm x 155 mm in height

Germany, Imperial. A 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude metal gilded insignia on red(1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse) Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm I 19 July 1870. (1914 1918 Issue). An 1870 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the reinstitution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on