Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the Corps of Royal Canadian

the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers

with a raised silver Wendish crown

functional pinback (marked “L/11” for Wilhelm Deumer

Footnote: The Order of Independence (or Independence Order) shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded exceptionally outstanding achievements in one of the political

center applique in gilt and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude the Corps of Royal Canadian(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