Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Monetny Dvor mint marked and

Monetny Dvor mint marked and number engraved "5969956" on the reverse

it measures 304 mm x 226 mm and is in near mint condition without any significant signs of age or wear

wearing surface on the reverse

when Italy signed the armistice with the Allies

DESCHIETERE 1959" and "P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed Monetny Dvor mint marked and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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