Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Archive bronze finish faded

bronze finish faded

and Hauptgefolgschaftsführer

with black threading giving definition to the top of the crown and its base

third letter dated March 24

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich Archive bronze finish faded(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, he suspension loop