Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Version Auction Archive 8 mm (w) x 20

8 mm (w) x 20

Silver and Bronze grade

suspended from a braided neck cord in alternating strands of fine gold-coloured wire

the reverse presents a standing figure holding a cornucopia in front of a burning altar with eagle representation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Version Auction Archive 8 mm (w) x 20(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 but