Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Exhibition Example Auction Archive with is period original ribbon

with is period original ribbon

marked “Deutsches Feld-Ehrenzeichen” and “Hamburg 11”

but subsequently re-erected and remains a prominent feature on the square today

the Honour Cross for Combatants with Swords (AKA the Hindenburg Cross)

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Exhibition Example Auction Archive with is period original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse, Museumsstck). 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 three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, the reverse plain, the suspension loop maker marked KO for an