Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold 8 mm (w) x 57

8 mm (w) x 57 mm (h)

Connected to the buttons is a two-piece strap in cinnamon brown synthetic material with a metal buckle and two matching sliders that wrap around to the rear of the cap

A first war period (1914-1918) Austrian patriotic badge

Instituted 16 January 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV

with a small band decoration in the middle of the two lowest leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold 8 mm (w) x 57(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