Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold presenting as a Maltese Cross

presenting as a Maltese Cross with white enamel arms

The interior is lined in supple sheepskin

with one of the units participating being the Stormont

Müller Kgl

Loerzer received the Knight’s Cross later that year

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold presenting as a Maltese Cross(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