Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Parade-Mounted 1939 Iron Cross II Class
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse Einzelspange). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original parade-configured ribbon mounted to a magnetic metal bar 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 43.86 mm (w) x 47.87 mm (h), in near mint condition.