Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class; Private Purchase Brass Version Auction Archive on a 20 mm thick

on a 20 mm thick brown marble base

measuring 41 mm x 25 mm

with a central medallion bearing a raised monogram of Wilhelm VIII

set on a police-green wool backer

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class; Private Purchase Brass Version Auction Archive on a 20 mm thick(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A cross patte constructed of a lightweight single piece of brass; with a ribbed frame; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbers on the lower arm, a raised Prussian crown on the upper