Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Newly Listed measuring approximately 49 mm (w)

measuring approximately 49 mm (w) x 48 mm (h) each

when the military of Japan was driven from the Philippines before their surrender in September 1945

/ DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE / 12 JUNE 1943"

with wide iron pin (Variation 1 by this maker)

Commander: Gold with blue and white enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Newly Listed measuring approximately 49 mm (w)(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