Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude a month shy of his

a month shy of his seventieth birthday

maker marked "W SCULLY LTD" on the reverse

41mm(w) (x 65mm including wreath suspension)

triangular loop on the reverse for wall hanging

poorly stored

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class GTRexclude a month shy of his(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed frame; on a loop for suspension unmarked; accompanied by a period original ribbon (moderately ripped); the obverse 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 on the lower