Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive Footnote: This infantry assault badge

Footnote: This infantry assault badge badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

white and green enamels on both sides

Contructed of grey bakelite

and Gothic lettering

It was noted that "When this man is discharged

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive Footnote: This infantry assault badge(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, the suspension loop