Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of A Bronze Grade Close Combat

A Bronze Grade Close Combat Clasp by Funcke & Brüninghaus - In zinc alloy

gilt wash completely gone due to age and wear

surrounded by an enameled blue border with the inscription PRO RENOVATA PATRIA (for a new country) in silver gilt

There is a small supplement section that is difficult to read

but can speak with confidence of what came within my own observation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of A Bronze Grade Close Combat(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