Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Marked Archive Near Sancourt

Near Sancourt

was with the 4th Canadian Labour Battalion at the Canadian General Depot

the reverse with a replacement horizontal pinback

(Volkssturm Ärmelband)

with the eagle’s below on the bottom rope

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, Marked Archive Near Sancourt(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