Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive topped with four bands of

topped with four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

German cross in gold

with cloth inside

the reverse with a vertical needle pinback and a functional hinge/catch assembly

it measures 10

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Brüder Schneider Auction Archive topped with four bands of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silvered frame, on loop for suspension from its original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension