Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Archive New York at the U

New York at the U

inscribed "The War of 1914-1918

1945 by chief of state Francisco Franco as the Order of Aeronautical Merit and amended in 1976

information attained after the war confirmed his death

official issue in fire gilded iron

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Archive New York at the U(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 an Iron Cross 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