Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold in the Congo

in the Congo

(HJ Ehrenzeichen in Gold)

AND recently obtained from a 92-year-old Veteran

the exterior bearing the names of the award and the Romanian Ministry of National Defence

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold in the Congo(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, unmarked, measuring