Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity measuring 21 mm x 9

measuring 21 mm x 9 mm

Footnote: The Order of the Orchid Blossom is equivalent to the Japanese Order of the Chrysanthemum

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the obverse bearing an engraver’s mark

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring retaining a period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity measuring 21 mm x 9(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939). Instituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the