Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive featuring Heer (Army) soldiers training

featuring Heer (Army) soldiers training

within a wreath composed of a branch of laurel leaves and a branch of oak leaves and acorns

the core and frame demonstrating minor oxidation

circumscribed with “Österreichischer landesverband wien kameradschaftsbund” (Austrian Land Association Vienna Association)

Unlike other countries at the time

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Archive featuring Heer (Army) soldiers training(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop