Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction 8 mm (w) x 44

8 mm (w) x 44

He retired in March 1940

the plaque measuring 78

and dated to August 24

He spent a brief period hospitalized while in England in early 1919

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction 8 mm (w) x 44An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm;