Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Archive Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross

Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross was instituted on November 11

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A Franco-Prussian Red Eagle Medal Group - Order of the Red Eagle

and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver frame

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Archive Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross(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 marked K for an unknown maker; with a mint and unissued 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,