An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive Gold wash on zinc alloy

Gold wash on zinc alloy

Original owner had numbered prominant individuals in picture

and received the Iron Cross of the Knight’s Cross in October

Stahlhelm Membership Badge 1919 – Silver

with recipient’s initials AK scratched on reverse

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive Gold wash on zinc alloyAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44. 43 mm x 44.