Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Auction CROWNED SEP:8 1831

CROWNED SEP:8 1831

as well as his dog tag

inscribed “Per Aspera Ad Astra” (Latin - Through Thick to the Light) in golden lettering

The certificate of the receipt is signed and stamped by the Oberstleutnant and Wehrmacht Garrison Elder of the Automotive Spare Parts Division of the Reich (Berlin- Neukölln

The blade's reverse ricasso is maker marked ROBt KLAAS SOLINGEN with the company's kissing cranes emblem

Germany, Imperial. An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class Auction CROWNED SEP:8 1831(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (partially marked and illegible); with a correct replacement ribbon; the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm; the reverse with a central oak leaf branch consisting of three oak leaves, with