Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 96 mm (w) x 24

96 mm (w) x 24

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46mm (1 ¾ inches)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 96 mm (w) x 24(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted 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, measuring 43.