Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class by Hermann Aurich

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction, on loop for suspension, with a blackened magnetic 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, marked on suspension loop with code “113” for maker Hermann Aurich, Dresden, measuring 43.68 mm (w) x 47.59 mm (h), weighing 17.8 grams, in near very fine condition.