Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte GTRexclude for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity

for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty

some loss of blackened finish evident

but displaying typical characteristics of Zimmermann manufacture

Scarce dagger

DECEMBER 1873" reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Berg & Nolte GTRexclude for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity(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