Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction V 222/ 35”

V 222/ 35”

numbered "8189"

Instituted by Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria on 24 April 1729

He was also awarded the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for the Salerno Landings in 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction V 222/ 35”(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