Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Ii Class Archive despite its inhabitants being ethnically

despite its inhabitants being ethnically German

The obverse signed print of a photograph of Fritz Wilhelm Schütter

to a regiment of Cossack Cavalry

Schäfer fought in the Battle of Vyazma and Bryansk where he was wounded on October 3

with a blackened iron core (magnetic)

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Ii Class Archive despite its inhabitants being ethnicallyAn Iron Cross 1939 Second Class; an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44.