Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive (Haus und Verdienst Orden des

(Haus und Verdienst Orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig

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worn on a period full length neck ribbon

Inside has a leather-framed cradle supporting a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support and leather backer

Constructed of pressed heavy card stock with a field-grey exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive (Haus und Verdienst Orden des(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