Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac wear evident in the text

wear evident in the text of the Heligoland clasp

surrounded by the inscription “ALBRECHT DER BEAR REG: 1123 BIS 1170” (ALBERT THE BEAR: 1123 TO 1170)

Nickle-plated fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat

denoting Alpha Industries and hand labeled WILSON

COLLETT Ltd

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac wear evident in the text(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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, unmarked but