Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude 42 mm (h - including

42 mm (h - including integral ring suspension)

Instituted in 1864 (two-piece construction

the strips overlaying a red and gray ribbed rosette at the opposite end near the top edge

with Case of Issue - Iron core/magnetic

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude 42 mm (h - including(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