Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by S. Jablonski

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a postwar replacement 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”, the suspension loop marked with a Präsidialkanzlei code of “128” for S. Jablonski, Posen, measuring 44.26 mm (w) x 48.92 mm (h), weighing 19.0 grams, with minor loss of finish evident to the core, in near extremely fine condition.