Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive An Iron Cross First Class

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 - vaulted

measuring 1087 mm (l) x 33 mm (w)

A Medal of Social Welfare (Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege)

issued in 1923

with paper tag printed in light blue ink and glued to the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive An Iron Cross First Class(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, unmarked, measuring