Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of It measures 190 mm x

It measures 190 mm x 305 mm when closed and 285 mm x 305 mm when fully extended

The scabbard retains 60% of the anodizing and remains free of any major dents

The battle was fought for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium in the spring of 1915

inscribed "BATAILLE DE LA MOSKOWA VII SEPTEMBRE MDCCCXII

Private/Gunner Colin F

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of It measures 190 mm x(1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted on 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Consisting of 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 W, with the re institution date 1914 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse