Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross II Class, Centenary Exhibition Example, c. 1913 Newly Listed on a light blue embroidered

on a light blue embroidered field and incorporating a blue embroidered border

measuring 54 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

issued in the field on 18 October 1941

he was sent to the Italian theatre

only outranked by the Reich Leader of the SS)

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross II Class, Centenary Exhibition Example, c. 1913 Newly Listed on a light blue embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse Museumsstck). 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 plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, unmarked, measuring 40. 54 mm (w) x 45. 62 mm