The exterior is designed without pockets
It was originally created as an Order of the Congo Free State
Wilhelm von Württemberg wears Prussian Pour le Merite as well as Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa
on loop for suspension (marked “40” for Berg & Nolte
maker marked “FLL 43” (Friedrich Linden
Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Musketier Josef Birkenberger Newly Listed The exterior is designed without(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Reinstituted 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 reverse