Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive a rare insignia in extremely

a rare insignia in extremely fine condition

ink smudging evident from the original screen-printing process

circumscribing the firm’s centaur logo

around a central raised Hohenzollern-style eagle with mirrored monograms of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV at the cardinal points

resulting in the war crime of the shooting of almost 100 British POWs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive a rare insignia in extremely(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