Germany, Imperial; Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Iron Crosses II Class Auction Archive with some of the piping

with some of the piping coming off from the tabs

and dark brown base overlaid by irregular dark green stripes

bearing a silvered size stamp of “57”

a one page Bibliography and an eight page Index

Germany, Imperial; Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Iron Crosses II Class Auction Archive with some of the piping(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A pair of Iron Crosses II Class, including: 1. A 1914 award, 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