Germany, Imperial. A Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold SOMALIE (in silvered bronze

SOMALIE (in silvered bronze

a gilt stippled ground bearing a pastiche of Mount Rushmore encircled by a gilt-edged white enamel belt inscribed in gilt letters ‘L’UNION RENFORCE LA VALEUR’ (Unity reinforces bravery)

surface oxidation evident on both sides)

1st Depot Battalion

Germany, Imperial. A Mounted 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold SOMALIE (in silvered bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse Einzelspange). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon mounted to a trapezoidal bronze bar with a horizontal pinback, 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