Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Service Records and Awards Card

Service Records and Awards Card

083 men under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F

consisting of a close-up headshot likely retrieved from a newspaper or other publication and pasted to a larger paper backer

The black leather washer at the crossguard junction has been lost through time

Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Service Records and Awards Card(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, the twelve oclock arm culminating in an