Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd

WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd class

the interior with a white satin lid liner and a depressed blue velvet medal bed

(Heer Schützenschnur)

circumscribed by an inscription indicating that the badge was used by musicians during a performance for AH while on a state visit to Italy on 6 May 1938

an excerpt from a AH speech of 9 November 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd(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