Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case Auction Archive the Flottenbund Deutscher Frauen (Fleet

the Flottenbund Deutscher Frauen (Fleet League of German Women)

moderate oxidation is evident throughout and the plate is missing a ray at the 8 o’clock position from the obverse

interior stamped “BAL 137”

when she enlisted with the South Africa Military Nursing Service on February 9

each constructed of golden-yellow wool with card stock cores and pinned with dual aluminum insignia

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case Auction Archive the Flottenbund Deutscher Frauen (Fleet(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period 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 with three