"Black painted metal alloy cross pattee style medal with a silver colored reeded border on the front and reverse. The front is embossed with an imperial crown in the top arm; a W cipher for King Wilhelm II in the center; and the year the award was reinstituted, 1914, in the bottom arm. The reverse is embossed with the FW cipher for King Friedrich Wilhelm III in the top arm; a cluster of 3 oak leaves in the center, and the year of first issue, 1813, in the bottom arm. There is a loop on the top arm with a suspension ring. The maker’s mark, KO, for Konigliches Munzamt Orden, the Royal Mint in Berlin, is engraved on the suspension ring. The medal is attached to a black with two thin white bands grosgrain ribbon."@en . . "irn522003" . "No restrictions on access"@en . "overall: Height: 7.190 inches (18.263 cm) | Width: 1.690 inches (4.293 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)"@en . . . "No restrictions on use"@en . "WWI Iron Cross 2nd Class medal awarded to a Jewish veteran"@en . . . . . "The WWI Iron Cross medal was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Brigadier General Bernard Feingold."@en . "The Iron Cross was awarded to Walter Joseph, a German Jew, for his military service in World War I."@en .