Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive 201 mm x 682 mm

201 mm x 682 mm

The brown leather washer at the crossguard junction has stiffened and remains in intact

when a shell exploded while he was in combat in the Somme

the exterior trimmed at both the top and bottom with black rayon tresses

There is also a digital file on the government website

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive 201 mm x 682 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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, with a central engraved