Live auction - fme_1137359 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II Médaille, Croix de fer
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Croix de fer
Date: 1914
Metal : iron
Diameter : 109 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,10 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de rayures et taches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : FW // 1813.
Obverse description : Monogramme couronné, branche de chêne au centre de la croix, millésime à l’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : W / 1914.
Reverse description : Lettre et millésime couronné au centre de la croix.
Commentary
Dimensions de la croix : 42*43 mm
Ruban noir bordé de blanc (largeur : 30 mm)
La croix de fer est une décoration militaire allemande établie par Frédéric-Guillaume III de Prusse en 1813 lors des guerres napoléoniennes ; elle est attribuée sans distinction de grade ou de catégorie sociale ; en 1914 elle est rétablie par Guillaume II durant la 1ère guerre mondiale ; elle perd un peu de son prestige à cette époque puisqu'elle est attribuée à cinq millions de militaires.
Cross dimensions: 42 x 43 mm. Black ribbon with white border (width: 30 mm). The Iron Cross is a German military decoration established by Frederick William III of Prussia in 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars; it was awarded without distinction of rank or social class. In 1914, it was reinstated by Wilhelm II during the First World War; it lost some of its prestige at that time as it was awarded to five million soldiers.
Ruban noir bordé de blanc (largeur : 30 mm)
La croix de fer est une décoration militaire allemande établie par Frédéric-Guillaume III de Prusse en 1813 lors des guerres napoléoniennes ; elle est attribuée sans distinction de grade ou de catégorie sociale ; en 1914 elle est rétablie par Guillaume II durant la 1ère guerre mondiale ; elle perd un peu de son prestige à cette époque puisqu'elle est attribuée à cinq millions de militaires.
Cross dimensions: 42 x 43 mm. Black ribbon with white border (width: 30 mm). The Iron Cross is a German military decoration established by Frederick William III of Prussia in 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars; it was awarded without distinction of rank or social class. In 1914, it was reinstated by Wilhelm II during the First World War; it lost some of its prestige at that time as it was awarded to five million soldiers.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II
(15/06/1888-9/11/1918)
William II (27/01/1859-4.06/1941) is the eldest son of Frederick and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He is therefore the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Emperor in 1888, he let himself be drawn into the First World War by his staff and had to abdicate in 1918. He took refuge in the Netherlands and died in 1941.
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