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the plate marked with a luminescent scribe in front of the 36 position
and the other with a fine sheen
The obverse blade is acid-engraved "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (“In Memory of My Service Period”) inside a banner flanked on both sides by oak leaf branches and Wehrmacht- (Armed Forces) style German national eagles clutching mobile swastikas
and an acute supply problem brought about by the long distances involved in the rapid drive through France
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Newly Listed Further details to share: 1(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker marked with