Germany. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class, Austrian Ribbon Archive One Black Photo Album

One Black Photo Album

A seldomly seen commemorative coin for the 1809 Tyrolean Uprising

an "M" hand stitched on the left edge of the panel near the armpit

along with an Extract from the War Diary of February 1945

Genova” on the reverse

Germany. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class, Austrian Ribbon Archive One Black Photo AlbumAn Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked EW (an unknown maker); with its mint and unissued period original tri fold ribbon the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of