Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of “1813” on the lower arm, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, measuring 43.90 mm (w) x 50.16 mm (h), weighing 19.3 grams, in extremely fine condition.