Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Auction Archive tiny chip in the blue

tiny chip in the blue enamels on the petal at 10 o'clock

measuring 81 mm (w) x 23 mm (h)

The decision was not uncomplicated: the mood between the superpowers were extremely tense

Footnote: The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS AH began as AH’s personal bodyguard and eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during the Second World War

and featuring a 219 mm long magnetic nickel-plated steel blade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Eugen Gauss Auction Archive tiny chip in the blue(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 an Iron Cross 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, the suspension loop