Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold (Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Gold)

(Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Gold)

which meets a reinforced buttonhole on its counterpart

with 50 Jubilee number attached to suspension ring

the obverse with a central red enameled Geneva Cross on a white enameled medallion

surrounded by the inscription "SOCIETE PHILOMATHIQUE DE BORDEAUX" (Bordeaux Philomatic Society)

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class For Non-Combatants Hold (Ballonbeobachterabzeichen in Gold)(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (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 with three central oak leaves,