Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M5/276" (Klein & Quenzer AG

Sapper Albert Edwin Mercer

Footnote: This badge denotes a member of the SES - Section Eclaireur-Skieur who

with ball suspension impressed on edge is a small square type maker’s mark and BRONZE in a rectangle

eagle in patinated tombac

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei)(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