Germany, Wehrmacht. A Parade-Mounted 1939 Iron Cross II Class

(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, affixed to a parade mount with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner, 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”, without visible marks, measuring 44.70 mm (w) x 48.93 mm (h), in overall extremely fine condition.