WW1 Iron Cross 2nd. class 1914 model

IRON CROSS 2ND. CLASS 1914-1918 MODEL

 Reproduction of the Iron Cross second class reintroduced by Kaiser Wilhelm II in August 5, 1914 for each rank and grade of the Imperial German Army during the First World War and also worn in World War II by veterans recruited in the Wehrmacht. The award of the Iron Cross II cl. was resulting in heroic actions, demonstrations of bravery or leadership. During the Second World War, in the case of award of the same decoration, was give a special badge of reappointment and not a new Iron Cross.