An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction affixed to a 27 mm

affixed to a 27 mm circular mother-of-pearl support

CAPE COLONY

Class in silver gilt and enamels

tradition badge U-427

early WWI period issue of fine quality manufacture

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction affixed to a 27 mmAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44. 43 mm x 44.