Prussia, State. An 1870 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold 42 mm x 62 mm

42 mm x 62 mm x 19

Klasse" on the inside lid

maker marked "FIRMIN & SONS Ld"

in silvered and gilt zink

taped corners on the base

Prussia, State. An 1870 Iron Cross, Ii Class Hold 42 mm x 62 mm(1870 Eisernes Kreuz, II. Klasse). Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm I 19 July 1870. (1870 1871 Issue). An 1870 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the