Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Replaced Frame, by Steinhauer & Lück

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code “L/16” for Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 44.47 mm (w) x 44.17 mm (h), weighing 17.8 grame, the obverse half of the frame has been replaced while the reverse half and core match examples produced by Steinhauer & Lück, with some gaps and soldering visible to the seam, in overall fair condition.