Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive born 1862 - died 1948

born 1862 - died 1948

and red for artillery units

64 mm (w) x 52

with its period original ribbon with its horizontal pinback sewn onto the reverse

it was first awarded in 1935

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive born 1862 - died 1948(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44. 26 mm (w) x 47. 76 mm (h), weighing 19. 0 grams, on loop for suspension from its period