Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Non-Combatant Iron Cross, Ii Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Newly Listed Nine months after enlisting

Nine months after enlisting

marked with a gilt "40" inside a wreath on the lid

Copies of a selection of these are included with the group

This buckle exhibits hardly any use

at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona (two years before the Nazis came to power)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Non-Combatant Iron Cross, Ii Class With Case, By Carl Dillenius Newly Listed Nine months after enlisting(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A silver cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central W under an Imperial crown, and institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse centre with a branch of three oak leaves below the crowned initials FW, with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm, marked CD800 on loop for