Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class Auction Archive with 8 Canadian Field Squadron

with 8 Canadian Field Squadron

Institution Date 1859

one is maker marked "WINTER & ADLER WIEN" on the reverse

photography

Braun & Co

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class Auction Archive with 8 Canadian Field Squadron(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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak