Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl GTRexclude its original hanger with screwback

its original hanger with screwback replaced by a ribbon

in solid brass

slightly soiled sweatband

at Dillenburg with a group of airmen celebrating & drinking champagne and holding a sign inscribed "Wir gratulieren zum 100 Feindflug" (Congratulations on the 100th Combat Flight))

later of Esquimalt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl GTRexclude its original hanger with screwback(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