Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Period Case, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac below each patch are two

below each patch are two thin rows of thin stripes in fine gold-colored bullion wire designating the rank of Lieutenant

With the outbreak of the Second World War

Bravo and Charlie battalions of the Triple Deuce back in Cambodia

(Marine-Frontspange mit Verleihungsurkunde)

with a total loss of silver finish and significant oxidation evident

Germany, Imperial. A Mint 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Period Case, by Wilhelm Deumer, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac below each patch are two(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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