Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity 000 to 340

000 to 340

reverse engraved "KÄSE" (cheese) in the centre

extremely fine condition with nearly all of its original silvering still intact

and two vertically oriented (one ontop of the other) silvered aluminum buttons on the front

Johns on the Richelieu River (now Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity 000 to 340(1970 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 19 July 1870 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse with a raised central initial W with the reinstitution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, with a royal crown on the top arm, the reverse with three