Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed gilded and silvered (mostly worn

gilded and silvered (mostly worn off)

This dates the picture to the early 1940s

three officially issued lists in regards to wearing of orders and medals

red enamel loss evident on the Medal for Combat Service

along with extraction and return to the scabbard

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed gilded and silvered (mostly worn(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 arn with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop accommodating a suspension ring