Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example C. 1913 Auction 2 mm (w) x 40

2 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

- Infanterie

Petch was then posted to the Hebrides to RAF Stornaway

39 mm (h - inclusive the crown suspension)

and Breast Star: silver gilt with white and blue enamelled insignia

Prussia, Kingdom. An 1813 Iron Cross Ii Class, Centenary Example C. 1913 Auction 2 mm (w) x 40(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue; c. 1913 centenary reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, 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