Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed All show planes in flight

All show planes in flight

Fred Grisdale

All are fabricated from bronze and are silvered

the bottom point of the star marked "84" beside a hallmark and maker marked "MC"

42 mm x 37

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class Newly Listed All show planes in flight(Kniglich Preuischen Eisernen Kreuz von 1870). A beautiful 1870 cross patte with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, set in a pleasingly toned silver frame with a silver base plate, the obverse with a raised central W, with the re institution date 1870 in raised numbering on the lower arm, and the royal crown on the upper arm, the reverse with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, with one prong remaining