Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class, Museum Example Newly Listed obverse illustrating the left-facing busts

obverse illustrating the left-facing busts of Governor General the Duke of Connaught and the Duchess of Connaught

to Private First Class John Frank Mostowski

With no significant contact

missing its flap

1838: deployed to the Training Infantry Battalion

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross, I Class, Museum Example Newly Listed obverse illustrating the left-facing busts(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 I. Klasse, Museumsstck). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central raised initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a black hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback with an unidentified makers mark, measuring 44.