Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Julius Maurer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic chipping evident in the red

chipping evident in the red enamels on the cross)

the obverse bearing a central medallion bearing the images of a soldier

with contact marks on the obverse and reverse from wear

Saskatchewan on December 16

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Julius Maurer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic chipping evident in the red(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, the suspension loop