Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1.9.1939. (Issued 1939-1945). A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with initial institution date of “1813” on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44.44 mm (w) x 48.23 mm (h) weighing 19.1 grams, in near very fine condition.