Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Paul Schomaker Auction Archive means military hospital trains from

means military hospital trains from Bremen (northern Germany)

laden with 230 troops for the beaches

small chip evident in the blue enamels on the arm at 6 o'clock on the reverse

The locket and chape in silvered bronze

Institution 1882

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Paul Schomaker Auction Archive means military hospital trains from(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core with 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 central oak leaves, the six oclock