Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude before being discharged on August

before being discharged on August 3rd

on neck ribbon

for them to wear when they were shot down so that they would not be mistaken for downed Allied fliers and shot

both unmarked and measuring 40 mm (w) x 70 mm (l)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude before being discharged on August(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