Hannover, Kingdom. An Ernst August Order In Gold, I Class Knight, C.1870 Auction Archive An Iron Cross Second Class

An Iron Cross Second Class 1914 - Well mounted on period bar and ribbon

arriving in Boulogne

and "538" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front

""DU DERNIER DES CHAUVINS"" to the left and ""VOILA TOUT CE QUI RESTE"" to the right and engraver marked ""F Rops"" (Félicien Rops)

with an Iron Cross embossed on the exterior of the lid in silver

Hannover, Kingdom. An Ernst August Order In Gold, I Class Knight, C.1870 Auction Archive An Iron Cross Second Class(Ernst August Orden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted on the 15th December 1865 by King George V of Hanover. 1866 1878 Issue. A superb cross in Gold, consisting of a white enameled Maltese cross with ball finials, with a finely detailed Hanoverian crown in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a red enameled field with the royal cipher of Ernst August in Gold, a blue enameled surround featuring the motto of the order Suscipere et finire (To finish