Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Republic of and also marked on ring

and also marked on ring C

joined together at the bottom by initials “СССР” (“USSR”)

After returning to Washington D

contact marks to rim

in their hardshelled Case of Issue (maker marked "Gebr

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Republic of and also marked on ring(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