Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Hold maker marked “Fritz Roediger

maker marked “Fritz Roediger

he wrote his parents

with gilded laurel leaf branches at the bottom

hallmarked and maker marked on ring

periscope and communications antenna bent back slightly

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Hold maker marked “Fritz Roediger(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