Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction overlaid by a diving golden-yellow

overlaid by a diving golden-yellow Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

5 mm (w) x 43 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

The cockade is surrounded by an aluminum oak leaf wreath

Lauer Nürnberg

gilt wear and oxidation on the obverse

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction overlaid by a diving golden-yellow(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