Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example certificate_of_authenticity also marked with the inscription

also marked with the inscription NICHT ZUR VORLAGE (NOT FOR PRESENTATION)

the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a soldier with rangefinder equipment alongside a small howitzer

Footnote: Jacques Meckert was born on 21 December 1908 in Berlin

457371 Pte

measuring 43 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example certificate_of_authenticity also marked with the inscription(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue; c. 1813 centenary reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm