Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner United Republic of with overseas bar and original

with overseas bar and original ribbon

the interior of the lid with white padded silk embossed with the name and class of the order in gilt

including a mis-matched set of Heer Enlisted Engineers straps

and according to predominant historian Christopher Ailsby

in matte-finished brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner United Republic of with overseas bar and original(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb &