Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive minor rubbing and contacts to

minor rubbing and contacts to enamels

The battalion fought as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade

the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION”)

(Orden Philipps den Großmütigen

sewn at the ends as originally worn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive minor rubbing and contacts to(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