An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Hermann Aurich Of Dresden Auction there is a handwritten note

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An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By Hermann Aurich Of Dresden Auction there is a handwritten noteAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 113 for Hermann Aurich, Dresden; with its long 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