Original German WWII Wehrmacht Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 by with Ribbon - Unclear Maker Marking - EKII Brunswick Guns Accurate figures of numbers awarded

Accurate figures of numbers awarded are available up to the end of 1943 and the number recorded is 273545

It also bears the correct CROWN / GR proof on the barrel breech

but both were captured by Italian communist partisans and summarily executed by firing squad on 28 April 1945 near Lake Como

Original leather sweatband is embossed:

no claim is made that every individual decoration or insignia component was installed on a specific known date

Original German WWII Wehrmacht Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 by with Ribbon - Unclear Maker Marking - EKII Brunswick Guns Accurate figures of numbers awardedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice lightly tarnished example of a German WWII Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 (Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse 1939) with its original red, black, and white rayon ribbon. The award itself is maker marked on the hanger ring with a Prsidialkanzlei des Fhrers Lieferant (Presidential Chancellery Supplier) number, however it is not clearly stamped. We can see that it has three digits, beginning with 1, but the next