Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller United Republic of 29 mm (w) x 50

29 mm (w) x 50

the photos taken between January 1940 and January 1942

bearing a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with black threading giving definition to the lion and the GRVI crown

inscribed "EIN REICH" above and "EIN RECHT" below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller United Republic of 29 mm (w) x 50(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 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 maker