Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden number stamped "5" on the

number stamped "5" on the reverse

worn on a red and white ribbon

Accompanied by service records from the National Archives of Canada

in the hardshelled case of issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer visually-hidden number stamped "5" on the(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, the suspension loop