Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger GTRexclude marked 925 behind the crown

marked 925 behind the crown

The opposite side features a hollow void for the display of a photo

The crown retains a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard

original tri-color ribbon

the knife measuring 247 mm in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Anton Schenkls Nachfolger GTRexclude marked 925 behind the crown(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