Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class visually-hidden each measuring approximately 104mm x

each measuring approximately 104mm x 90mm

while partially-legible marks are etched onto the base

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with star-like floral motifs placed between each of the five arms in sky blue enamels

Silver and Bronze German Mother's Crosses

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class visually-hidden each measuring approximately 104mm x(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 71 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a trapezoidal bar with a horizontal pinback, 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a