Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive consisting of a War Merit

consisting of a War Merit Cross ribbon with swords

the reverse with a similar central red enameled medallion

existed for as an independent state for two and a half years between July 1960 and January 1963

one depicting AH smiling with a young child

5 mm (w) x 120 mm (h) x 23 mm (d)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive consisting of a War Merit(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