Prussia, State. A Cased Iron Cross 1914 Second Class, By Walter Schott Archive Constructed of silvered steel

Constructed of silvered steel

which even the German High Command had difficulty following

but in late 1914 were redeployed to the Eastern Front

This very finely detailed GOLD medal measures 34

Prussia, State. A Cased Iron Cross 1914 Second Class, By Walter Schott Archive Constructed of silvered steel(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 W. S. for Walter, Schott, Berlin on the loop; with its period original 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