Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Vice Sergeant Erich Martin Newly Listed with two of three prongs

with two of three prongs intact and securing the insignia in place

and red threading

stencilled in red ink on a white background "DELICATE INSTRUMENT TO BE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE" on the front and back panels and "GLASS WITH CARE" on the lid

The recipient is the “Widow Blankenheim” from the town of Kruft

maker marked “RZM 78” and “Ges

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Vice Sergeant Erich Martin Newly Listed with two of three prongs(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with