Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold Oberstein) in black ink

Oberstein) in black ink

Lorenz badge

SCHNEIDER LÜDENSCHEID" maker mark and dated "1938" on the obverse and "St B" on the reverse of the leather tab

the soldier placing his hand on a small chalice bearing the cypher of King Vittorio Emmanuel III

68mm (h) 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold Oberstein) in black ink(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 institution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the