Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity silver frame is hallmarked with

silver frame is hallmarked with the British lion

and an Infantry Branch Insignia (in bronze gilt

without engraver mark

with attractive patina on the frame from age

Additionally engraved "MRS

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity silver frame is hallmarked with(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted by Kaiser Wilhelm II 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 Issue). A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, presenting as a Cross Pate of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original 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,