Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive Fifth Army

Fifth Army

Silver Grade - Type VI (Boris III) Silvered bronze

prior to the war Schäfer was employed as an agricultural worker

Most of the naming has been erased

and served only in Africa

Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive Fifth Army(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