An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class; Solid Silver Version Archive light scuffing and edge wear

light scuffing and edge wear on the exterior

99 mm in diameter

engraver marked "F VERNON" on the obverse

and in the ribbed rayon band at the rear

An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class; Solid Silver Version Archive light scuffing and edge wearAn rare solid silver framed Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with a full length replacement 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