Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class GTRexclude opening to expose storage areas

opening to expose storage areas on either side for cigarettes

seven months and seventeen days Continental Service

with an intact brown leather washer

War Merit Cross 2nd class with Swords

advancing on the Crimea

Prussia, State. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class GTRexclude opening to expose storage areas(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original tri fold ribbon; 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