Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive surface shows small scratches and

surface shows small scratches and the leather strap is well worn

a silver cross and enamels

on a 46 mm pin

within a ribbed border bearing a raised inscription of “BLUT UND EHRE” (“BLOOD AND HONOUR”)

Austria: War Cross for Civil Merit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive surface shows small scratches and(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, the suspension loop