Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Newly Listed in gilt alloy

in gilt alloy

in the Amiens sector of France

in one class only

printed in brown and red inks

Stamped onto the inner brim is a maker’s code of “Q64” for the firm of F

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Newly Listed in gilt alloy(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 but