Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude took place in the city

took place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War between the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and the insurgent Chinese Communist Party and just before the Second Sino-Japanese War

the reverse inscribed “Für Verdienstvolle Mitarbeit bei den Olympischen Spielen 1936” (German - For meritorious service at the Olympic games) with a stem of oak leaves directly beneath

1938 and carries a facsimile of A

combat decorations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude took place in the city(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