Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed With this unit

With this unit

surrounded by a blue enamelled ring with a gilt inscription of “ALBERTUS ANIMOSUS” (“ALBERT THE MERCIFUL”) and arabesques

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the reverse marked “TORDOS/SIEBENBÜRGEN” and “NORDISCH-INDOGERMANISCH”

stamped twice with the official seal of the German Red Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed With this unit(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