Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger GTRexclude 30mm (standard medal measures 40mm)

30mm (standard medal measures 40mm)

This is an extremely well-preserved edition of the “Handbook on German Military Forces”

The crown retains a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard

(Type I) In silver gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger GTRexclude 30mm (standard medal measures 40mm)(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