Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold measuring 53 mm (w) x

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

An award of superb quality

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

New York at the age of 23

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold measuring 53 mm (w) x(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