Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Round 3 Version, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude with handle

with handle

XVII - The Great War: Service Overseas

the ends meet at the rear and are riveted together

an indecipherable name

Most commonly brass and white metal were used

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Round 3 Version, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude with handle(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 but