Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude and stamped with a silver

and stamped with a silver content number of “900”

with the exception of an etched maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “RICH

the badge constructed of silver

1945 in the Audorfer See (Kaiser Wilhelm Canal) to prevent the experimental technology from falling into allied hands

oxidation evident on the crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude and stamped with a silver(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