Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

35th Tank Battalion (silvered bronze with red and green enamels

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt in silver gilt numbers

number 63733

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring the handwritten signature of(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, unmarked, measuring