Germany, Wehrmaht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction measuring 370 mm in length

measuring 370 mm in length when inserted into the scabbard

lid sits slightly askew

Footnote: The award was instituted by act of the Polish Parliament on May 17

Footnote: Stanley Longhurst Farrell enlisted as a Private (633) with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment on November 19

touches of red and black embroidery representing the eagle's tongue and eye respectively

Germany, Wehrmaht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction measuring 370 mm in length(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