Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Auction Archive with an Edelweiss flower (representing

with an Edelweiss flower (representing the Heer) in the center between the date “1940” and a crossed anchor (representing the Kriegsmarine) and propeller (representing the Luftwaffe) on the obverse

His body is being brought out to-night and I hope to be the officer in charge of the firing party at his funeral

Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest

the obverse with finely-detailed etched and coloured designs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Auction Archive with an Edelweiss flower (representing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergroe). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). A rare oversized frame variant, 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