Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold Britain and France declared war

Britain and France declared war on November 5th

with HJ symbol factory attached to one side of the handle

with additional pockets on both the lower left and right

bearing two rows of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with dark brown threading

3 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath suspension with pinback

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold Britain and France declared war(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial