Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Archive the reverse of the cross

the reverse of the cross lightly textured and inscribed “Für Verdienste um das Deutsche Rote Kreuz/For Service in the German Red Cross”

the extract of which is on page one of the duotang

Version One: three-piece construction

silver and blue enamel insignia overlaying a bronze star base

cloth covered celluloid button

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Archive the reverse of the crossAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 6 for Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart; accompanied by a period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm;