Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction discontinued in 1943

discontinued in 1943

the text throughout in Slovak

2nd Class Badge (two-piece construction

dated October 17th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction discontinued in 1943(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 replacement