Germany, Imperial. A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J. Reimann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The interior headband is cracked

The interior headband is cracked in multiple spots and has started to degenerate through age and wear

Lieutenant Gardner and another small band of B Company men fought desperately against hundreds of Chinese attacking from the south

with golden-yellow trim along all four sides of the tab

Berlin (with pierced crown specific to this maker only)

Germany, Imperial. A Parade-Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J. Reimann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The interior headband is cracked(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse Einzelspange). 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 mounted to a zink backer with a horizontal pinback and light brown wool reverse liner, 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