Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of In stamped brass (53mm(w) x

In stamped brass (53mm(w) x 87mm(h)

all four prongs broken off on the reverse

the snub-nose finial having been dented inward

serving in France and Flanders with the 7th Battalion "British Columbia Regiment"

The five ventilation holes at the base of the spike and rear spine with ventilation shutter is indicative of a post 1895 manufactured pickelhaube

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of In stamped brass (53mm(w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension from its period correct replacement ribbon, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm,