Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of In die struck white metal

In die struck white metal

with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso reading “F

hollow back

interlaced with strands of rolled beaded bullion wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of In die struck white metal(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