Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the a gilt tombac cross pattee

a gilt tombac cross pattee

with nearly all of the original gilt remaining

Due to its limited distribution and its frequent award to members of the indigenous population

The pommel is constructed of bronze and consisting of a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

measuring 128 mm (w) x 38 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the a gilt tombac cross pattee(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