Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction on a black rayon patch

on a black rayon patch

the reverse inscribed “VERDIENST IM KRIEGE” (German - Merit in War)

Nürnburg” on the reverse

the back-plate is missing and there is evidence of period repairs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Brüder Schneider Auction on a black rayon patch(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