Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Ko Hold British Empire Medal

British Empire Medal

VII 37" (July 3

purple heart ribbon split behind oak leaf cluster

557 / USA" below the tags

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Ko Hold British Empire Medal(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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