Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold depicting a national eagle (Hoheitszeichen)

depicting a national eagle (Hoheitszeichen)

87" on the underside

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked with the Christian Theodor Dicke

the obverse consisting of a white enameled disk with a raised inscription of “GAUSIEGER 1944” (“REGIONAL WINNER 1939”)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold depicting a national eagle (Hoheitszeichen)(Eisernes Kreuz 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 arm