Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction succeeding Lee Stephen Tillotson

succeeding Lee Stephen Tillotson

surrounded by five concentric circles

are maker marked and coded on the reverse

reverse engraved with the inscription AL MERITO MILITAR (To Military Merit) surrounded by detailed laurel wreath

A signed photo of SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz (1909–1997)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction succeeding Lee Stephen Tillotson(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