Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed An example of an“Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen” silver

An example of an“Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen” silver grade

8 mm x 57 mm inclusive of its multi-interlocking ring suspension

inlaid with a ribbon inscribed “MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND” (“WITH GOD FOR KING AND FATHERLAND”)

While in the Pacific theater

Japanese markings on the blade's obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed An example of an“Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen” silver(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