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Additional decoration to the 1st class of the Iron Cross 1813, not stepped iron core with solid silver back plate and soldered silver rim, on the reverse eight original soldered half loops slanted in the corners of the cross arms, 42.5 x 42.4 mm, weight 18.3 gr, on the reverse indistinctly marked and dated "1817" (scratched), distinct signs of age and wear, soldering on two arms of the cross partly detached, blackening slightly retouched in one place, not tested 0122 Ref.Harald Geißler 2011, Das Eiserne Kreuz, page 72 with illustration of an almost identical example from the possession of the later Major General Elias Friedrich Wilhelm Blumenthal (1790 - 1877) Frank Wernitz/Volker Simon 2013, Das Eiserne Kreuz 1813 - 1870 - 1914, pages 52 - 54, T38 - T41 with comparable examples
