Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm (w) x 31

7 mm (w) x 31

circled by the inscription “SO FLIEHT DIE ZEIT MIT LUST” (“HOW TIME FLOWS WITH JOY”)

both with easel backs)

the outer ring in rolled aluminum wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm (w) x 31(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