Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold engraved "DEM BRAVEN VERDIENTEN KAMERADEN

engraved "DEM BRAVEN VERDIENTEN KAMERADEN OFFIZ

dates ranging from 1900 to 1918

constructed of grey wool twill

at work and at rest

The wrap is close by an array of eight black bakelite buttons on the right breast flap meeting a corresponding array of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold engraved "DEM BRAVEN VERDIENTEN KAMERADEN(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 a reinstitution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker