Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of 40mm(w) x 52mm(h)

40mm(w) x 52mm(h)

measuring 45 mm x 38 mm

each constructed of card stock-reinforced orange wool and bearing two outer bands aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threaded chevrons

red silk lined on the inside lid

maker marked "ZUKOV" and number impressed "2438" on the reverse of the linden leaves wreath suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of 40mm(w) x 52mm(h)(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, the suspension loop