Germany, Empire. A Ii Class Iron Cross 1813, Wide-Frame Version, C. 1820’S Hold Army EM/NCOS Belt Buckle -

Army EM/NCOS Belt Buckle - Die stamped steel buckle (magnetic)

Dresden” on reverse

1945 with orders to patrol Luzon Strait

maker marked "ROBINSON OBERSTEIN/NAHE"

Thomas Nathaniel

Germany, Empire. A Ii Class Iron Cross 1813, Wide-Frame Version, C. 1820’S Hold Army EM/NCOS Belt Buckle -(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse 1813). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central cluster of oak leaves with a raised Prussian crown on the upper arm, with FW in equally raised lettering directly below and the institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the six oclock arm, reverse plain, measuring 44. 05