Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Auction Archive with a rampant lion in

with a rampant lion in the center of the cross

The upper left arm has the lower rank Merseburg Gendarmerie arm badge sewn in place

is trimmed from end-to-end with dark green piping

for the honor of his offspring’s and future generations”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Auction Archive with a rampant lion in(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