Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction Archive maker marked ECCO and stamped

maker marked ECCO and stamped STERLING on the reverse

nine in bronze gilt with red and green enamels

surrounded by inscription POGLAVNIK ANTE PAVELIC (The Leader Ante Pavelić)

Governor-General Dirk Fock created a fifth grade

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1905 Auction Archive maker marked ECCO and stamped(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak