Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Newly Listed 12 mm x 18

12 mm x 18

intended as a reward for "undaunted courage" by the lower ranks (soldiers

machine sewen

maker marked “Pleuger & Voss

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Newly Listed 12 mm x 18(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