Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Auction 1890 in Maryport

1890 in Maryport

maker marked "Joyeria y Plateria Zaragoza"

slotted medal bed for proper award seating

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

maker marked "JK" inside a triangle (Josef Kopphold

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte Auction 1890 in Maryport(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