4567 WW1 GERMANY IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS EK 1813 1914 EISERNES KREUZ
King Frederick William III of Prussia established it on 17 March 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars (EK 1813). The recommissioned Iron Cross was also awarded during the Franco-Prussian War (EK 1870), World War I (EK 1914), and World War II (EK 1939).