Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class, by Godet Hold James Colley

James Colley

3 mm (w) x 86 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and dragon suspension

67” in black ink on the inside along the left flap

It completes with a flattened pommel bearing raised oak leaf designs around the outer circumference

There are two 22 mm wide straps stitched in place at the mid-point

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class, by Godet Hold James Colley(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 19 July 1870 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1871 issue). 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from