Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Round 3 Type, by Deschler & Sohn

(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 Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of the slanted-date round “3” version produced by the firm of Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 44.24 mm (w) x 48.88 mm (h), weighing 23.5 grams, with signs slight re-painting of the core near the swastika, an uncommon variation in near extremely fine condition.