Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Measuring 190 mm (w) x

Measuring 190 mm (w) x 80mm (h)

A very early rounded medal in silver

an RAD BeVo-style cap insignia

the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a Prussian imperial eagle

without maker mark (as it should be)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Measuring 190 mm (w) x(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