Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif GTRexclude as per Captain Commerell

as per Captain Commerell

58 mm (h) x 43 mm (w)

Of the sixteen men sent to Africa two did not return

line diagrams and photos

Instituted June 5 1923

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif GTRexclude as per Captain Commerell(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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