Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Hold (Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

(Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)

circa 1914-16 period manufacture

1915 Campaign Star (Iron Crescent 1915)

1940 and contains sponsor’s fee stamps starting in May 1940 and ending with September 1943

measuring 37 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Hold (Braunschweig Feuerschutzpolizei Gürtelschnalle für Mannschaften)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (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