Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of measuring 46 mm x 23

measuring 46 mm x 23 mm

a Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernestine House Order Merit Medal

Name of holder

silver star base with a silver gilt and enamelled insignia

2mm (h – inclusive of cross adorned integral ball atop crown)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Schinkel-Form Lug Variant, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of measuring 46 mm x 23(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 blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with 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 but demonstrating