Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of some oxidation evident to the

some oxidation evident to the core

with two 5 mm wide strips of fine aluminum bullion wire interlaced with white threading sewn horizontally near the top and bottom edges

LAVREAM SEMISECVLAREM CELEBRAT ORDO MEDICORVM VINDOBONENSIVM MCCCCXXXIV (1834)

the reverse dated “7

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of some oxidation evident to the(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