Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. United Republic of pinback cross

pinback cross

measuring 61 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

both in presentation case and in extremely fine condition

in turn overlaid by a HJ insignia

flanked by a fasces and swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Großmann & Co. United Republic of pinback cross(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