Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction Archive Overseas and the United States

Overseas and the United States

With the aid of a Russian ice pilot

and with a Bavarian crown on the top arm of the cross

but was kept in France at orderly room duty until April/17

305 mm x 396 mm

Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction Archive Overseas and the United States(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstck). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a