Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert United Republic of the obverse decorations are fixed

the obverse decorations are fixed to an eight-pointed

that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Labourer (Farmer)

with a manufacturer’s label bearing a stock number of “71-M-970” and a maker’s mark of “AMERICAN EMBLEM CO

presenting light scuffing and creasing

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Unteroffizier Heinrich Gantert United Republic of the obverse decorations are fixed(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, 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