Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 1916 with a strength of

1916 with a strength of 38 officers and 1

the obverse lid with a silver embossed outline of the Iron Cross

the reverse centre featuring a swimming lion

1943 and signed in blue ink by the commander of the 4th Mountain Division

the division had arrived in Europe

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 1916 with a strength of(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