Attractive - and very unusual! - WWI-period: 'Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse' (or: iron cross second class) being a maker- (ie. 'M'-) marked example that comes stored in its luxuriously-styled, darker-blue etui as issued and found

This is an attractive example of an (I deem) surely issued- but hardly worn example of a WWI-period: 'Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse' (or: iron cross second class) being a maker- (ie. I deem 'M'-) marked example that comes stored in its luxuriously-styled, darker-blue etui as issued and/or found. The detail on this example is nicely preserved: it has - I deem - never been cleaned nor polished and has an attractive and/or minimally tarnished age-patina (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross came without a ribbon (ie. 'Bandabschnitt'). The IC truly retains nice details and shows a makers'-designation that (I deem) reads: 'M'- (as can be seen on the pictures). The award - that might well be a by the: company: 'B.H. Mayer'-produced cross - has a nicely preserved, black-finished (ie. somewhat 'satin-like'- ie. 'shiny-style'-) core and is void of any real damage or paint-loss and has been truly nicely preserved. The piece is just a tiny bit dusty and/or stained but was never cleaned nor polished (as can be seen on the pictures). The IC came stored in its darker-blue-toned and luxuriously-styled, etui. This etui - that is totally void of a makers'-designation measures 6,8 x 5,5 x 2 cms. and shows a bordeaux-red-coloured (and partly velvet-based) inlay that shows a clear imprint of the cross it held for decades. Simply a neat - and with certainty unusually-found! - 'boxed', WWI-period 'EKII. Klasse' that is with certainty accordingly priced!