Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity within a round laurel leaf

within a round laurel leaf wreath

three days previous

chipping evident in the white enamels on the points of the arm at 6 o'clock on both sides

the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two black bakelite buttons emanating from the right flap and meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

photos of soldiers with artillery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity within a round laurel leaf(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