Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Wartime Commemorative Case Auction Archive engraved "ROBERT L

engraved "ROBERT L

he bought them for mere pfennigs on the mark: in many cases

2nd Division Ammunition Company

the cipher “FR” lays in the centre of its chest and a banner inscribed with “MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND” (WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND) lays across the entire body

1943 by attacking U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Wartime Commemorative Case Auction Archive engraved "ROBERT L(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