Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst Auction Archive bronze wash bronze on a

bronze wash bronze on a black lacquered wooden backer

Fire Fighting Merit Medal

which according to tradition was instituted by the Emperor in 802

in silvered bronze with black

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst Auction Archive bronze wash bronze on a(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, unmarked, measuring