Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive constructed of pressed card stock

constructed of pressed card stock

a retirement certificate (to Franz)

surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed IN FIDE SALUS

one of which is bent back

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive constructed of pressed card stock(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, unmarked, measuring