Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was

Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was established in October of 1942 and reclassified to Jäger Regiment 749 in April of 1943 in Croatia

inscribed below in Persian "This medal has been presented in commemoration of the defeat of the French armies in the Kingdom of Egypt by the great bravery and ability of the victorious army in England"

9 grams (without ribbon)

Usually called the "Canon Cross" because it was made from captured bronze canon

I found it was tied together with rice straw

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was(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