Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Austrian-Style Mount Buy Now Obverse shows a golden wreath

Obverse shows a golden wreath of laurel and oak leaves

Set into the top arm is a loop which bears an oval suspension ring

constructed of a paper binding with seven paginated pages supplemented by handwritten entries similarly dedicated to Sierke

with stylized initials “PH”

with ARG (silver) stamped

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Austrian-Style Mount Buy Now Obverse shows a golden wreath(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on a period replacement loop for suspension from an original tri fold 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