illustrating an ornate cross placed upon a traditional cross base
most of the silver finish has worn off but in otherwise very fine condition
the obverse centre presents a white-enamelled medallion bearing a red-enamelled cross
the two rules of the label printed in black ink
Two Second War Award Documents to the 162nd Infantry Regiment - Iron Cross 2nd Class Document
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude illustrating an ornate cross placed(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