Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction Archive including a shako insignia

including a shako insignia

engraved on the front "PRESENTED BY / MAJOR GENERAL SIR F

but was kept in France at orderly room duty until April/17

With the aid of a Russian ice pilot

The inside is also painted in a glossy green and comes complete with its eight-panel butterscotch-coloured leather liner

Prussia, Kingdom. A Core For An 1870 Iron Cross Auction Archive including a shako insignia(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Herzstck). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a