Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Auction Archive in silver plated steel

in silver plated steel

to investigate

The decision was not uncomplicated: the mood between the superpowers were extremely tense

tiny chip in the blue enamels on the petal at 10 o'clock

maker marked "Huguenin" on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Auction Archive in silver plated steel(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 an Iron Cross 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