Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Republic of / COVENT GARDEN

/ COVENT GARDEN

most of whom gave less than a dollar

34 mm (w) x 98

(Reichsparteitag Postkarten)

bronze gilt with red enamelled insignia bearing silver cherubs

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross II Class, with 25th Jubilee Clasp Republic of / COVENT GARDEN(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse mit Jubilumsspange). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the loop fastened with a 25th Jubilee Clasp, consisting of three overlapping oak leaves bearing a raised number 25, the award consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central