Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude 21 - Glossary of Terms

21 - Glossary of Terms Used

First War "On War Service" Lapel Badge 1916 (in bronze gilt

observed for Russian Artillery and succeeded in holding up (the) enemy's advance until a counter-attack took place some 8 hours later

chipping evident in the green enamels on one leaf on the left side of the wreath

3 mm x 34 mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude 21 - Glossary of Terms(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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring