Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Archive This is a typical machine

This is a typical machine woven (BeVo) example in silver thread over black rayon

(Deutsches Turnfest

with tearing of the dust jacket

measuring 24 mm in diameter at its widest point

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare 1870 Iron Cross For Non-Combatants Archive This is a typical machine(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a 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 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three