Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive with long original ribbon

with long original ribbon

maker marked on the reverse “Schwerin

DEPARTMENT OF MILITIA AND DEFENCE CANADIAN FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA

with one of two attachment pins intact

measuring 136 mm (w) x 17

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive with long original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original modified miniature bow tie style 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the