Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Hold measuring 118 mm (w) x

measuring 118 mm (w) x 41 mm (h))

consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords through the centrepiece

The jacket is fabricated from a fine brownish-green wool

Modern Issue (in die-stamped bronze gilt with red

on plain red original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Hold measuring 118 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