Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Ko Hold with its original first style

with its original first style ribbon incorporating a variation of the American flag

Footnote: Nikolai Fyodorovich Denchik (1920-1996) was a Major in the Soviet Army

becoming Boy Seaman 1st Class on May 8

measuring 13 mm (w) x 12

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants, By Ko Hold with its original first style(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three