Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst Hold on correct Austrian Style replacement

on correct Austrian Style replacement ribbon

36 in width)

Unruhe served as Inspecting officer of that unit from May 4th

E2765 / Supplied by Australian War Memorial / Canberra

heavily-plated bronze with red and blue enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Paul Küst Hold on correct Austrian Style replacement(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, unmarked, measuring