Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class With Ribbon Bar Hold also marked on elongated suspension

also marked on elongated suspension loop with 585 Gold and G

Footnote: Somers Gillies was born on January 25th

but of typical Wilhelm Deumer manufacture

insignia in silver

smashed the Italian

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class With Ribbon Bar Hold also marked on elongated suspension(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Bandschnalle). 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,