Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction above a gilt banner bearing

above a gilt banner bearing a black Cyrillic inscription of “ВВУЗ Н

born 1873 in Kristne

1939 56” in black ink

with each side similarly finished in a season-appropriate mottle

on its original neck ribbon with tassels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction above a gilt banner bearing(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, unmarked but with the