Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity (40073 Cpl

(40073 Cpl

displaying the characteristics of the known Variant #2

situated within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “BLUE UND EHRE” (“BLOOD AND HONOUR”)

1835-1870 (in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity (40073 Cpl(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 o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop