Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case, by Sy & Wagner Hold the Minister of National Health

the Minister of National Health and Welfare

(iii) Small Rifle

51 General Hospital at Etaples

later transferring to the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich”

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with Case, by Sy & Wagner Hold the Minister of National Health(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three