Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive She was used from April

She was used from April 1940 onward to lay mines in the North Sea

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consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1914 Second Class“Eisernes Kreuz 1914 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive She was used from April(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