Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold with a crowned double-headed Imperial

with a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle bearing a shield of its breast

the adjoining pommel remains tight

1853 and was instructed in the new Minié rifle at the School of Musketry at Hytheon

Gold-coloured and silvered bullion wire in various textures

maker marked “Robert Neff

Germany, Imperial. An 1870 Iron Cross I Class Stick Pin, With Case, By Josef Brams Hold with a crowned double-headed Imperial(Eisernes Kreuz 1870 Anstecknadel mit Etui). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a pebbled frame and blackened arms, with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1870, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an etched inscription of ST. SEB. SCH. VER. S. KRIEGS VETERANEN, measuring 14. 80 mm (w) x 14. 83 mm (h) with a 48 mm pin, weighing 1. 7 grams, accompanied by