Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction but textbook example by maker

but textbook example by maker Karl Wurster

1940 he was awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class as Leutnant

He was promoted to Able Seaman on August 26

with the reinstitution date of “1914” in raised numbers on the bottom arm and a raised Prussian royal crown on the top arm

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction but textbook example by maker(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). 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 six oclock