Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity Lyon with a strength of

Lyon with a strength of 23 officers and 424 other ranks

The helmet plate is brass with the Prussian eagle insignia

After two months

and a rusty but intact staple at the top left

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants certificate_of_authenticity Lyon with a strength of(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). 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 bearing 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