Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Customized Presentation Case and Button Miniature, by Sy & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 88 mm (w) x

measuring 88 mm (w) x 130 mm (h)

maker marked "P W ELLIS TORONTO LTD 1915" on the reverse

A type I (1849-1867) 50-Year Long Military Service Cross for Officers

marked in blue ink "194679" on the screwback

Such was the ad hoc manner in which the War Office assembled the "Intelligence Corps" at the outset of hostilities

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Customized Presentation Case and Button Miniature, by Sy & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 88 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Miniatur und 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