Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd

WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd class

maker marked "HUGUENIN" and marked "0

Heinz Bernet (later SA-Brigadeführer and the stepson of General Erich Ludendorff)

circumscribed by an inscription indicating that the badge was used by musicians during a performance for AH while on a state visit to Italy on 6 May 1938

an excerpt from a AH speech of 9 November 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction WWI Imperial Iron Cross 2nd(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