Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction First National Census Medal -

First National Census Medal - Bronze

Instituted by Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria on 24 April 1729

gilt wear evident

measuring 213 mm (w) x 148 mm (h)

in silver gilt and enamels (45x45mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction First National Census Medal -(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, measuring