Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive mounted to a five-sided magnetic

mounted to a five-sided magnetic metal suspension with pinback)

surface wear and private repair evident in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece

measuring 31 cm (w) x 18 cm (h)

Also stamped onto the crown in black ink is a size mark of “55”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive mounted to a five-sided magnetic(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