Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss United Republic of 2 mm x 20 mm)

2 mm x 20 mm)

The chin strap is constructed of leather that is stained/oiled to a rich black colour

Later that year the Czech and Slovak people formed the Republic of Czechoslovakia

additional award bar on the ribbon

greening evident on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss United Republic of 2 mm x 20 mm)(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