10 Pfennig - Wilhelm II type 2 - small shield - Pattern

By 1915, German monetary authorities were scrambling to replace disappearing copper and nickel coinage hoarded or melted under wartime pressure. This iron pattern represents one of several experimental responses to that crisis — tested but ultimately not adopted in this specific configuration. The small shield variety distinguishes it from the contemporaneous large shield iron issues that did enter production, making this piece a transitional dead end rather than a precursor.