Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Hold 2nd Class Bar (bronze and

2nd Class Bar (bronze and blue enamels

measures approximately 42 mm x 105 mm inclusive of their red wool backers

uppers in red wool

London Gazette 22 September 1944

had already packed their bags and were return­ing home

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue Hold 2nd Class Bar (bronze and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of nickel alloy and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed, silvered, nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three raised central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with the initial institution date of 1813, on loop for suspension from its period original