Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold to complete final training before

to complete final training before being sent to the French theatre

Footnote: The Corps of Guides served from 1903 until 1929 as an element of the Non-Permanent Active Militia

in Orange River Colony and in Cape Colony

67 mm (w) x 43

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold to complete final training before(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 a reinstitution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker