Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Hold This is a pre order

This is a pre order of the 3rd book in Barac's series

and to further the cause of science

the reverse centre presents the inscription FÜR WERKE DER KRIEGSHILFE 1917 (FOR WORKS OF WAR ASSISTANCE 1917)

French War Cross 1914-1916

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Hold This is a pre order(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