Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif Newly Listed (Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)

(Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)

The scabbard features two integrated bands

and who later participated in a Freikorps unit in the Berlin area and was released from service in May 1919

in large part

the decoration was adopted by the Estonian government with five classes and three medals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif Newly Listed (Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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, unmarked but