Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue GTRexclude the Battalion

the Battalion

diamond-shaped maker mark stamped in black ink in the centre of the dome inscribed "J

marked on reverse "T

1899 to September 22

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue GTRexclude the Battalion(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and nickel alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and