Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Hold consisting of a cross pattee

consisting of a cross pattee of multi-piece construction with a blackened metal core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

then joined the operations around Guadalcanal

The Canadian group is mounted to a swing bar pinback

surmounted by a fireman’s helmet set against oak leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Hold consisting of a cross pattee(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 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 maker