Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold Deutscher Frontkämpferbund (Stahlhelm)" below

Deutscher Frontkämpferbund (Stahlhelm)" below

measuring 47mm x 34 mm

with examples construction of bronze

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “VIRTUTI IN BELLO” (“BRAVERY IN WAR”) with arabesques

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold Deutscher Frontkämpferbund (Stahlhelm)" below(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