Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner visually-hidden 1 "Y" Depot in Halifax

1 "Y" Depot in Halifax (April 20

(Gendarmerie Einheitsfeldmütze M43 für Mannschaften)

tiny chip evident in the white enamels on the arm at 9 o'clock and crazing present in four of the white beads on the crown on the obverse

with original ribbon with pinback broach

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner visually-hidden 1 "Y" Depot in Halifax(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