Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Case certificate_of_authenticity The breast flaps are closed

The breast flaps are closed by four tan-coloured bakelite buttons on the right meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left

Marine battle planners had expected the normal rising tide to provide a water depth of five feet over the reef

In die pressed brass

the obverse bears four gull ciphers and a silver/aluminum “L”-shaped tresse

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Case certificate_of_authenticity The breast flaps are closed(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 with three central oak leaves, the