Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac used a smoke screen

used a smoke screen

5 mm (w) x 112 mm (h)

with “Sterling” and “Meyer

maker marked “G” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac used a smoke screen(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 initial W, 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 maker