Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive territory was tangible

territory was tangible

circumscribed by a ring of blue-enamel bearing the motto FORTITER PRO PATRIA (STRONGLY FOR COUNTRY)

with thick red fabric underneath

his WWII Soldier's Service Book

centre with blue and red enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive territory was tangible(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, on loop for suspension, with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 43. 63 mm (w) x 48. 25 mm (h),