Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature Hold Towards the end of the

Towards the end of the year

with majority of paint remaining

marked KO below catch

unissued and overall nearly flawless War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2

Footnote: "Wagner was the main supplier of the RAO (also the KO

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, With Miniature Hold Towards the end of the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer mit Miniatur). 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 mounted onto a card stock bar, 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