Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold with a raised area in

with a raised area in the centre that has triple slots that house the breast star

the centre obverse presents an embossed design of a train above the inscription FREI VOM FEIND DIE BAHN

the exterior bearing the names of the award and the Romanian Ministry of National Defence

Following the outbreak of war

in the Congo

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold with a raised area in(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