Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin GTRexclude This is a badge that

This is a badge that would likely have been discarded or destroyed after the war

moss-green threads and silvery flat wire

Silver Cross court mounted

8 mm (w) x 56

this style with this reverse having the safety pin-back

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross Patriotic Sweetheart Pin GTRexclude This is a badge that(Brosche). A First War period German brooch constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band, featuring an Imperial Crown at the centre with oak leaves decorating both sides, the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, measures 35 mm (w) x 8 mm (h), with a black enamelled Iron Cross suspended below, measures 10 cm (w) x 12 mm (h), and in overall extremely fine condition.