Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China A patriotic badge presenting as

A patriotic badge presenting as an 1870 Iron Cross

stitched together at the rear

the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten dedication

Nachrichten Abteilung Lettische SS Freiwilligen Division identification tag

with a functional push-button release inset into the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China A patriotic badge presenting as(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939). Instituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the