Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class GTRexclude MARIES LE 30 JANVIER 1853

MARIES LE 30 JANVIER 1853 A NOTRE-DAME"

essentially translating Croatian document into German language

For his first tour of duty during the First World War

maker marked for Noelle & Hueck of Lüdenscheid and dated 1940

cypher of Leopold I (LL RR) on the reverse centrepiece

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross, Ii Class GTRexclude MARIES LE 30 JANVIER 1853(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with