Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Berg & Nolte Republic of receiving the Black Grade Wound

receiving the Black Grade Wound Badge in April 1942

all on a silver gilt base with nine arms

The first comprised mobile police units most often called Schutzmannschaft

similarly retaining original bluing

measuring 104 mm (w) x 130 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Berg & Nolte Republic of receiving the Black Grade Wound(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 40 for Berg &