Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif Newly Listed (Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)

(Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)

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measuring 85 mm (w) x 84 mm (h)

with a heavily gilded eagle attached to the obverse via two rivets visible on the reverse

and in otherwise very fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif Newly Listed (Der Stahlhelm und Reichswehr Fotoalbum)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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 but