Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Republic of and Private S

and Private S

most of whom gave less than a dollar

(Reichsparteitag Postkarten)

34 mm (w) x 98

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Republic of and Private S(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