Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold 6 mm x 45

6 mm x 45

the service did not receive the resources it needed to develop properly or efficiently

gold colour ribbon

7 mm x 39 mm

while the Rowntree's tin was manufactured by Barringer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Hold 6 mm x 45(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