Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class United Republic of (342681 PTE

(342681 PTE

22 mm x 45

gilt insignia mounted to a silvered coin silver base

Six months after arriving in Europe

twenty-six are gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class United Republic of (342681 PTE(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813 in raised numbering on lower arm, on loop for suspension from its period