Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin visually-hidden exhibiting enamel loss to reverse

exhibiting enamel loss to reverse 3 o'clock arm

A tropical shirt eagle

the 6 o’clock arm bears the date “1813”

stating "Your work is done here but your most important work is just starting

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin visually-hidden exhibiting enamel loss to reverse(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