Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants GTRexclude Machine Gun Company for service

Machine Gun Company for service in the French theatre

maker mark of Aurich

three edges are trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire tresses

It was launched by U-162

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants GTRexclude Machine Gun Company for service(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). 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,