Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of surrounded by a border of

surrounded by a border of red enamels

broad horizontal pinback

original ribbon wrapped around and sewn in place to a blue paper frame

France stopped granting this Order in 1948

measuring 945 mm x 43 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of surrounded by a border of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, n 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 43.