Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Hans Stüben GTRexclude postmarked "BERLIN-WANNSEE 1 11

postmarked "BERLIN-WANNSEE 1 11

Footnote: William Manson was born on January 11

PEEKHAUS BERLIN" and maker marked F L L (for Friedrich Linden

the reverse retaining a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/427” and a secondary code of “444448”

The dagger is tightly held together by a single nickel-silver pommel nut

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Document To Musketeer Hans Stüben GTRexclude postmarked "BERLIN-WANNSEE 1 11A 1914 Iron Cross II Class by Zeich, Berlin, (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an