Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive bearing a central medallion with

bearing a central medallion with the cypher “F

mounted on a cornflower blue Waffenfarbe wool base

a national eagle with outstretched wings clutchings a wreathed swastika in its talons

missing its suspension ring

including two depicting a Heer machine gun crew with Officers in wintertime

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive bearing a central medallion with(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