obverse centre in silver gilt featuring a red enameled Jerusalem Cross on white enamel background
battalion (which included both the 6th and 8th company) to the infantry regiment 517
with some mothing evident to the reverse
with minor enamel loss to 3 o'clock arm
These boards have been examined by several specialists and it remains unclear as to their exact origins
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity obverse centre in silver gilt(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, unmarked, measuring