Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with two thin black patent

with two thin black patent leather straps with loops creating the chinstrap

Upon retirement as a First Class Coaling Master

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 275 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

in turn within a laurel wreath

discolouration on two obverse arms

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with two thin black patent(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 a Third Reich period non combatants 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