Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Auction Archive with a central Prussian eagle

with a central Prussian eagle overlaid by an Imperial German tri-colour shield

Footnote: This Order is awarded to professionals in the field of education who have contributed to education

with an Edelweiss flower (representing the Heer) in the center between the date “1940” and a crossed anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine) and propeller (representing the Luftwaffe) on the obverse

Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Auction Archive with a central Prussian eagle(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergroe). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). A rare oversized frame variant, 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