Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the Due to its limited distribution

Due to its limited distribution and its frequent award to members of the indigenous population

on a folded ribbon

Our company was engaged for about three-quarters of an hour before reinforcements came up

measuring 128 mm (w) x 38 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Democratic Republic of the Due to its limited distribution(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