Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Packet Auction to Private (Trumpeter) Walter F

to Private (Trumpeter) Walter F

and Germany (Prussia): War Merit Medal 1870-1871 (bronze gilt

Commander's Cross: silver gilt with red and white enamels

ultimately retreating into Germany

inscribed “Kriegsmarine” in gold-coloured threading

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Packet Auction to Private (Trumpeter) Walter F(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 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 reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock