Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive in uniform and wearing a

in uniform and wearing a Ground Assault Badge

with this type of government illustrated by the winged Victory kicking the crown from the head of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

1896 in Halle/Saale (Saxony-Anhalt)

Black celluloid plates with eleven rows of gold-coloured springy wire in the recesses of the ribbed grip

and an round wire catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive in uniform and wearing a(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