Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Province of China with period wartime repair to

with period wartime repair to catch

accompanied by its hardshelled dark-red case of issue

Neck badge Third Class - (mounted on 55mm wide original ribbon)

a Regency was in place for the next four years

maker mark engraved “F

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Province of China with period wartime repair to(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the loop fastened with a 25th Jubilee Clasp, consisting of three overlapping oak leaves bearing a raised number 25, the award consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central