Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945). 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 six o’clock arm with an initial institution date of “1813”, the suspension loop bearing a partially-legible Präsidialkanzlei code, measuring 45.18 mm (w) x 48.20 mm (h), weighing 19.3 grams, with some oxidation visible to the core in addition to damage of indeterminate origin to the reverse across the three and nine o’clock arms, in very fine condition.