Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive with a short piece of

with a short piece of period original ribbon

in original red leatherette case of issue

blackened tombac

54 mm (w) x 43

on period ribbon with hook eye

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive with a short piece of(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, he suspension loop