Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross Auction 1993-1994)

1993-1994)

the latter is subjected to a temperature and a metallurgical pre-treatment in two furnaces

held in place via two screws

reverse marked "GOLD FILLED"

Austria, Imperial. A First War Iron Cross And 1849 Merit Cross Auction 1993-1994)A 1914 Iron Cross, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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