Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic trimmed with a radiant fring

trimmed with a radiant fring

reinforced along the three outer edges with multiple rows of machine stitching to mitigate fraying while raised

measuring 195 mm (w) x 267 mm (h) x 35 mm (d)

In die-stamped bronze gilt

on its American flag style ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic trimmed with a radiant fring(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 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