Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Auction 38 mm (w) x 32

38 mm (w) x 32

The cap measures 235 mm in width x 270 mm in depth x 115 mm in height

lined in red felt

a ball-tipped enameled white Maltese Cross

Towards the left on the sweatband is a maker’s mark in silver lettering - it is illegible

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Auction 38 mm (w) x 32(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a 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 crown, the reverse with three