Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction Archive Now only some emphysema

Now only some emphysema

A well preserved example in overall better than very fine condition

17 mm (w) x 46

Constructed of mouse-gray wool

plus a large safety pin closure

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction Archive Now only some emphysema(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked,