Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Hold 8 mm (w) x 70

8 mm (w) x 70

maker marked "DESCHLER & SOHN MUNCHEN 9

It was initially issued with a ribbon that had a narrow white center stripe

1916 and that the soldier "does not sleep well"

trimmed by off-white piping

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, Übergroße Variant Hold 8 mm (w) x 70(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergroe). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). A rare oversized frame variant, 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