Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Musketier Josef Birkenberger Newly Listed It was originally created as

It was originally created as an Order of the Congo Free State

featuring a faceted Maltese Cross in silver

along with slight soling evident on the reverse

Group Photograph of Marshall in Uniform (he appears in the the front row

The exterior is designed without pockets

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Musketier Josef Birkenberger Newly Listed It was originally created as(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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