Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combants, With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed and saw action in the

and saw action in the defense of Aachen against the Western Allies

” the obverse shows the inscription “AM SCHMUCK DER RUHE STAETTEN UNSERER TAPFERN HALF WER DIESES EISEN ZEICHEN NAHM” (“AT THE NEAT

the reverse is plain and marked “3

Ashlar Lodge No

Germany, Imperial. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combants, With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Newly Listed and saw action in the(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. ft Nichtkmpfer mit Jubilums Eichenlaub). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I (Jubilee Clasp instituted 18 August 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Iron Cross 1870 71 issue; Jubilee Clasp 1895 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