Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Letter, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of 1902-1905 issue

1902-1905 issue

Victoria Cross (tailor's copy

maker marked "VANGUARD N

before joining his new unit on the 11th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Letter, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of 1902-1905 issue(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Brief). 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