Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by a gilded ornamented

circumscribed by a gilded ornamented border

The 1st British Columbia badge appears to have been added later

Oberst (Colonel) Hans-Joachim Deckert (1904–1988)

towards the edge of the cap is also a brown leather sweatband

05 mm (w) x 63

Prussia, Kingdom. An Unusual 1813 Iron Cross II Class, c. 1825 certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by a gilded ornamented(Eisernes Kreuz 1813 II. Klasse). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1813 1815 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse plain, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with initials FW topped by a royal crown, the twelve oclock arm culminating in an