Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Archive on period red ribbon

on period red ribbon

He was transferred to the 5th Army Troops Company

cross and crossed swords clasp in silvered bronze with black enamels affixed to its original one stripe ribbon with pinback

7 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced integral suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Archive on period red ribbon(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