Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 18 mm (inclusive of its

18 mm (inclusive of its crown suspension)

the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting an elongated round wire catch

that autumn

A mid-war example of a “Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 18 mm (inclusive of its(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 02 mm (w) x 46. 93 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in better