Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Prior to 1929

Prior to 1929

was transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station on the 25th

inscribed with DEUTSCHES FELD-EHREN-ZEICHEN (GERMAN FIELD HONOUR BADGE) and HAMBURG 11

The winter side retains a faint black ink size mark of “57”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Prior to 1929(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