Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich Archive 5mm (l) x 23mm (d)

5mm (l) x 23mm (d)

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Members (4th Class) (MVO IV) 1896-1984 later/Lieutenants (LVO) 1984-1995

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich Archive 5mm (l) x 23mm (d)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from an Italian German African Campaign Medal 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,