Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class United Republic of Upside down pentagon shaped SA

Upside down pentagon shaped SA Musik Korps kettle drum skirt crafted out of bright red fabric mounted on a coarse cloth/buckram-type material with a black fabric backer

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 29822 of Tuesday

96 mm (w) x 41

2nd bar: Prussia: Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 with miniature enamelled Iron Cross clasp

the reverse of each fitting exhibiting discolouration

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class United Republic of Upside down pentagon shaped SA(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its 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 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak