Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, KO-Marked, with First World War Patriotic Badges Auction Archive with all three prongs intact

with all three prongs intact and securing the insignia in place

the obverse unaffected

the VM with spotting present

Embossed onto the shell just above the left loop is a maker’s mark of “DKK” indicating manufacture by Friedrich Offermann & Söhne

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, KO-Marked, with First World War Patriotic Badges Auction Archive with all three prongs intact(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Abzeichen). A lot of four items, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold 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