Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Auction Archive and is held together by

and is held together by two visible screws

NEBENHOFSTR

Preu was taken over into the Reichswehr and served in the 20th Infantry Regiment

showing the complex needle work that forms the obverse

A private wartime photo album from an Heer soldier who served with a cavalry unit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Franz Petzl Auction Archive and is held together by(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, the suspension loop