Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Hermann Metzscher Newly Listed centre medallion depicting a sunset

centre medallion depicting a sunset with green

measuring 118 mm (w) x 57 mm (h)

An attractive French manufactured award with fine attention to detail

and measures 346 mm x 247 mm

The front of the tunic bears four stylized pockets

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document, To Obergefreiter Hermann Metzscher Newly Listed centre medallion depicting a sunset(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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, ther reverse six oclcok arm with an initial institution date of