Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction surrounded by five concentric circles

surrounded by five concentric circles

A signed photo of SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz (1909–1997)

Footnote: The Order claims descent from Godfrey de Bouillon and the knights who protected the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem at the time of the first Crusade

obverse illustrating an Imperial Iron Cross fronted by a downward pointing sword

reverse engraved with the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit) surrounded by detailed laurel wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction surrounded by five concentric circles(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