Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Archive measuring 146 mm (w) x

measuring 146 mm (w) x 228 mm (h)

on loop for suspension (marked “23” for “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Graveur-und-Ziselierung

marked with a stamped Czechoslovakian lion rampant

an example featured in the 1938/1939 Allach catalogue

group of eight awarded to Colonel Stanier Waller

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Archive measuring 146 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 maker marked