Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of measuring 107 mm (w) x

measuring 107 mm (w) x 148 mm (h)

and include some running marks to the blade and material fatigue of the leather elements

the case demonstrating minor material fatigue which includes the loss of functionality to its catch

The tip of the blade is sharpened

after a trek over the mountains

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of measuring 107 mm (w) x(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