Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Iron Crosses, I And Ii Class Auction Archive 2nd Model - Silver cross

2nd Model - Silver cross

tiny dent evident on the reverse centrepiece ring

occupying strategic positions en route

the auxiliary cruiser stopped two merchantmen and inspected them

and was commissioned by the Volksdeutsches Kameradschaftsopfer der deutschen Jugend (German People’s Comradery Sacrifice of the German Youth) and the Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland (National Association for German Culture Abroad)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Iron Crosses, I And Ii Class Auction Archive 2nd Model - Silver cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1939, I und II Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A pair of 1939 Iron Cross, including: 1. A I Class Cross, constructed of iron and silver, 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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch,