Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Archive with some fading and soiling

with some fading and soiling evident

number engraved "733704" on the reverse

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Germany, Imperial. An Austro-German Alliance Iron Cross Badge Archive with some fading and soiling(Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a 1914 Iron Cross with black enameled arms, bearing central silvered monograms of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Kaiser Wilhelm II, topped by a royal crown and above a date of 1914, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 29 mm (w) x 29 mm (h), demonstrating minor scratching to the enamels, in near extremely fine condition.