the reverse with an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch
very faint contact marks but otherwise near mint condition
and include several cracks to the handle grip and material fatigue of the portepee
circumscribed by a Latin inscription of “IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI
and could also being awarded for long service at the front
Germany, Imperial; Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Decorations United Republic of the reverse with an elongated(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of decorations, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, 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 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 central oak leaves, the six