Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold New York at the age

New York at the age of 23

maker marked “Robert Neff

1853 and was instructed in the new Minié rifle at the School of Musketry at Hytheon

measuring 53 mm (w) x 14 mm (h)

with a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle bearing a shield of its breast

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold New York at the age(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Anstecknadel mit Etui). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a pebbled frame and blackened arms, with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an etched inscription of ST. SEB. SCH. VER. S. KRIEGS VETERANEN, measuring 14. 80 mm (w) x 14. 83 mm (h) with a 48 mm pin, weighing 1. 7 grams, accompanied by