Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original 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 with an initial institution date of “1813”, the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “25” for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur-, Gold-, und Silberschmiedeinnungen, Hanau, measuring 44.47 mm (w) x 48.19 mm (h), weighing 19.4 grams, with oxidation evident to the core, in overall very fine condition.

