Germany, Imperial. A Berlin City Guards Plaque Auction Archive 4) The Iron Cross 1914

4) The Iron Cross 1914 Second Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2

constructed of a card stock binding with 32 paginated interior pages

bearing a central silvered applique featuring a Red Army soldier circumscribed by inscriptions of “ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН

Emily Elizabeth Blore of Toronto

A battalion of Light Infantry and the 40th Regiment were the first to oppose them

Germany, Imperial. A Berlin City Guards Plaque Auction Archive 4) The Iron Cross 1914(Burger Garde Berlin Plakette). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised Berlin coat of arms topped by a Prussia imperial eagle, surrounded by an oval ring bearing an inscription of EXECOUTOR DER BURGER GARDE ZU BERLIN, topped by ac brown and laurel branches,the reverse bearing a handwritte code and date of VI. 22. 36 which appears to be a museum exhibit code, measuring 78 mm (w) x 112 mm (h), the reverse demonstrating evidence of