Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive 39 mm (w) x 44

39 mm (w) x 44

secured together with a single rivet

silvered zink buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number on reinforced buttonholes on the left

née von Etzel

measuring 65 mm (w) x 113 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive 39 mm (w) x 44(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered frame, on loop for suspension from its original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension