Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction the reverse presents the inscription

the reverse presents the inscription “GES

Twenty years and four months later

VEZGOFF) Naming is officially impressed

with cardboard reinforcement

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction the reverse presents the inscription(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 44. 02 mm (w) x 46. 93 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in better