Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Reischauer Auction 1913 and awarded for participation

1913 and awarded for participation in the Second Balkan War

Original case

000 young people were conscripted into the armed services

The upper exhibits extensive crazing and wear from active use

Type III with Cypher of Albert I (in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Reischauer Auction 1913 and awarded for participation(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