Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac although historians cite 6 May

although historians cite 6 May

on a 70 mm-long gilded bronze chain with two needles for attachment

Stitched onto the upper left arm is an insignia consisting of a police-green wool backer bearing a silver aluminum wire Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed black mobile swastika

9 November 1942 - Hamburg

The accompanying sheath is fabricated from wood

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac although historians cite 6 May(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 1930s period replacement 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak