Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction edged with dark red piping

edged with dark red piping (indicating GAU level)

Third Reich: War Merit Cross 2nd Class (bronze

1918 during the attack on MONCHY LE PREUX

two prongs on the reverse for cap attachment

the obverse centre presents the royal cipher of Christian V

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction edged with dark red piping(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