Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Ribbon Bar GTRexclude and spot of soiling just

and spot of soiling just underneath the interior pocket

and a French swan hallmark denoting silver manufacture imported to France from a country without a trading contract since 1893

interior shows signs of wear and folding of tissue-paper inserts

but the filters remain unaffected

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Ribbon Bar GTRexclude and spot of soiling just(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Bandschnalle). 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,