Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, II Class, by Friedrich Keller

(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross pattée of multi-piece construction 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 ring with number 66 for maker Friedrich Keller, Oberstein, measuring 44.45 mm (w) x 48.24 mm (h), weighing 17.7 grams, on loop for suspension from its period replacement ribbon, and in near very fine condition.