Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, With Envelope Archive as part of the 1940

as part of the 1940 shipbuilding programme

patina from age and light soiling on ribbon

Instituted in 1703

23 mm (w) x 17

much hand stitched

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, With Envelope Archive as part of the 1940(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, marked on loop with illegible maker mark, measuring 44. 21 mm (w) x 47. 93 mm (h), on loop for suspension from its