Germany, Imperial. An Unusual 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive 1870-71 Veterans Cross

1870-71 Veterans Cross

original frayed ribbon

Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before the Second World War while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China

while the blade of the dagger itself measures 22 cm and is constructed of nickel-silver plated metal

calculation

Germany, Imperial. An Unusual 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive 1870-71 Veterans Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918). 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 inside of 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