Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, on Parade Mount
(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, affixed to a parade mount with a bronze core and dark blue wool reverse liner with a horizontal pinback, 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 six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, without visible marks, measuring 44.00 mm (w) x 47.82 mm (h), weighing 37.9 grams (inclusive of mount), in extremely fine condition.

