Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Newly Listed measuring 143x207mm

measuring 143x207mm

obverse bearing a right facing portrait of King Umberto I

Michael slaying Satan

It is noted

QEII (un-named): in silver

Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Newly Listed measuring 143x207mm(Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a 1914 Iron Cross with black enameled arms, bearing central silvered monograms of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Kaiser Wilhelm II, topped by a royal crown and above a date of 1914, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 29 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), demonstrating minor scratching to the enamels, in near extremely fine condition.