Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Newly Listed The handle grip is composed

The handle grip is composed of a wooden core wrapped in a boiled and ribbed black leather liner

he led German forces in preventing a breakout by an encircled Red Army force despite being under a fierce assault for over 14 hours

a central cut-out swastika encompassed by a border inscribed with “Für Leistungen In Der H

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while the hilt culminates in a flattened and rounded nickel-silver pommel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Newly Listed The handle grip is composed(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, the suspension loop