Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 453 mm (w) x

measuring 453 mm (w) x 376 mm (h)

with extensive enamel damage and loss

five-sided ribbon suspension

vertical pinback (magnetic)

The letter has no recipient’s name and carries a facsimile of Himmler’s signature

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 453 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 37