Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class. Auction Pioneer Troops

Pioneer Troops

with only the lion on the far left end of the waist belt exhibiting surface wear over its left eye

92 mm (w) x 61

measuring 136 mm (w) x 87 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class. Auction Pioneer Troops(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