Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of marked with a copyright "c"

marked with a copyright "c" above "CL MED

measuring 174 mm x 38 mm (folded)

Victor William Vinen

dated May 1

the lid lined with satin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of marked with a copyright "c"(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