Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive 5th Guard Tank Army

5th Guard Tank Army

The blade is unetched

and an round wire catch

with this type of government illustrated by the winged Victory kicking the crown from the head of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

also Iron Cross 2nd Class winner (among other awards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive 5th Guard Tank Army(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, unmarked, measuring