Prussia. An Iron Cross Ii Class, C. 1870 Hold the Order of Civic Merit

the Order of Civic Merit

with light contact and soiling evident on the belt from active use

the obverse of the silver medal illustrating the right-facing conjoined busts of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

1940-1944 Issue

Prussia. An Iron Cross Ii Class, C. 1870 Hold the Order of Civic Merit(Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and reinstituted 18 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. 1870 1871 Issue. An Iron Cross with magnetic iron core, silver frame, black patina, crown on obverse 12 oclock arm, 1870 on obverse 6 oclock arm, W on obverse centre which stands for Wilhelm, crowned cipher FW on reverse 12 oclock arm, 1813 on reverse 6 oclock arm, oak branch on reverse centre, unmarked,