Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By W. Behrens Hold marked L59 underneath for Alois

marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier

maker marked "AUREA" on the reverse

Alice Mary Biggar of Toronto

the obverse presents a soldier’s head wearing a steel helmet

dated July 11

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By W. Behrens Hold marked L59 underneath for Alois(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop is double mark