Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzen Size Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic obverse depicts soldiers advancing across

obverse depicts soldiers advancing across a battlefield with a rising sun in the background

The reverse of the neck guard bears blackened inscriptions of “I

demonstrating minor material fatigue to the case

the reverse bearing raised dates “1813 - NOVEMBER 1913”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Prinzen Size Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic obverse depicts soldiers advancing across(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse, Prinzengre). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold 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