Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Archive marked "26"

marked "26"

with an eagle crouching at the top of the badge

with a laurel wreatht through the quadrants

5 mm (w) x 11

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross Ii Class With 25Th Jubilee Clasp Archive marked "26"(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange 25). Instituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 71 issue; Jubilee Clasp 1895 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 within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal