Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Ernst L. Müller Archive obverse with map of Crete

obverse with map of Crete in the centre

After authentication by the parachute maker

letter from the War Office (accompanying the MID Oak Leaf

107 mm x 147 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Ernst L. Müller Archive obverse with map of Crete(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