Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Karl Dittert Auction as a war service medal

as a war service medal

After fighting with varying success in the southern part of Eastern Galicia and in the Bukovina the 7th Army under his command was driven back by Aleksei Brusilov's offensive in June 1916

Insignia in Gold with white enamels

the obverse consisting of a raised pebbled field with a raised national German eagle with a mobile swastika on its chest

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document To Karl Dittert Auction as a war service medal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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