Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction Badge in silver gilt with

Badge in silver gilt with red and green enameling

(engraved: B

then reported as a Prisoner of War (POW)

1916 for a case of "Tonsillitis"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction Badge in silver gilt with(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