Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity New Jersey on August 16

New Jersey on August 16

measuring 27 mm (w) x 10 mm (h)

and fifty in 1516

on December 8

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity New Jersey on August 16(Kniglich Preuischen Eisernen Kreuz von 1870). A beautiful 1870 cross patte with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, set in a pleasingly toned silver frame with a silver base plate, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, with one prong remaining