Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Maria Schenkl/Anton Schenkls Nachfolger visually-hidden 54/46 / COMMANDING OFFICER I

54/46 / COMMANDING OFFICER I

Mitchell Wietecha

type I with solid red star surmounting the central insignia

The reverse of the wooden panel is inset with a channel at the midway point

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Maria Schenkl/Anton Schenkls Nachfolger visually-hidden 54/46 / COMMANDING OFFICER I(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