Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive with “FUR LANGJAHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE

with “FUR LANGJAHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE VOM BAYERISCHEN INDUSTRIELLEN VERBAND” (FOR MANY YEARS LOYAL SERVICE FROM THE BAVARIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION) encompassed by a laurel wreath

the reverse with a similar central red enameled medallion

each stamped “SERBIEN” (“SERBIA”)

including one for a Wound Badge

existed for as an independent state for two and a half years between July 1960 and January 1963

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive with “FUR LANGJAHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE(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, unmarked, measuring