Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Miniatures, by KO Republic of with six white canvas straps

with six white canvas straps radiating from underneath the navy blue felt pad and finishing in the dome with a circular brown leather patch stitched in place at the junction of the straps

including Cape Horn and a final return to Hamburg

with its brown enamels intact

residue evident on all three badges from cleaning

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Miniatures, by KO Republic of with six white canvas straps(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). 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 central oak