Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Newly Listed measuring 90 mm (w) x

measuring 90 mm (w) x 44 mm (l) x 24 mm (h)

A fine example of a Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwerter/Eagle Order Medal with Swords

water marked on the lower portion of the background paper

the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting around wire catch

the mid-size buckle is unmarked

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Newly Listed measuring 90 mm (w) x(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 metal 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