Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed overlaid by an additional shield

overlaid by an additional shield featuring black and blue quadrants

each perforated at the top with a hole through which is looped a period original drawstring

A pair of items

with sporadic flecking throughout

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed overlaid by an additional shield(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44.