Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class With Ribbon Bar Auction engraved "D

engraved "D

age-appropriate oxidation and minor loss of black finish evident

Memorial Cross Letter from Buckingham Place

it was most often used to supply hard to reach or encircled troops on the Eastern Front

maker marked “Paulmann & Sohn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class With Ribbon Bar Auction engraved "D(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Ordensschnalle). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of 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