Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual & Possibly Unique Iron Cross Ii Class 1939, By Friedrich Keller Hold War Merit Cross Second Class

War Merit Cross Second Class - Bronze gilt

83 mm x 132 mm

1910 at Washington

with red fitted leatherette exterior

Dated Berlin

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual & Possibly Unique Iron Cross Ii Class 1939, By Friedrich Keller Hold War Merit Cross Second Class(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A unique 1939 Iron Cross II Class, 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, presenting plain with the exception of an initial institution date of 1813 on the reverse six oclock arm, the suspension loop marked with a