Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive Second award is silver

Second award is silver

the obverse with a center silver gilt medallion

suffering an inflammation in the joint and spent the remainder of the war in England at various locations

An example of fine quality manufacture c

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive Second award is silver(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 44. 20