Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive remaining bright

remaining bright

It bears the watermark and signature of the Staatsminister und Chef der Präsidialkanzlei

Venezuelan coat-of-arms and inscribed "ORDEN AL MERITO EN EL TRABAJO / PRIMERA CLASE" in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Measuring 100 mm (w) x 148 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive remaining bright(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