Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne Newly Listed both in embossed gold-coloured ink

both in embossed gold-coloured ink

5 cm to hold the hooked belt catch (which is stamped with the number “40”)

Footnote: Bronze medal commissioned by the Association for Penningkunst to raise money for the flood victims

the actual officer's name and rank in handwritten black ink

riveted to the star is a white enameled eight-pointed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne Newly Listed both in embossed gold-coloured ink(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 Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop