Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Signature is strong

Signature is strong

the interior of which is marked PRATA 1000

Carefully engraved onto the side of the tube is an inscription of “MBLT

circumscribed by an inscription of “PRÄMIIRT FÜR VORZÜGLICHE LEISTUNG” (“PRIZE FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERIT”)

measuring 48 mm (w) x 224 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of Signature is strong(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 ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker