Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive 00mm (h – inclusive of

00mm (h – inclusive of crown suspension)

A First War German Imperial Miniature Medal Chain

including a 1914-1915 Iron Cross badge

maker marked “JOHANN SCHWERDTNER WIEN” on cartouche

6 mm (w) x 102

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive 00mm (h – inclusive of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb &