Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive maker marked Atelier Gaugler

maker marked Atelier Gaugler

for personnel of the United Nations' Air Forces spending leave in New York)

worn on a period full length neck ribbon

moderate oxidation and loss of finish is evident and particularly apparent to the reverse owing to rubbing during wear

the reverse centre presents the intertwined cipher for the regiment with the dates 1863-1913

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive maker marked Atelier Gaugler(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