Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Heer Cavalry/Armoured Reconnaissance collar

a Heer Cavalry/Armoured Reconnaissance collar tab insignia

" and marked "Please Return"

the catch on the pinback having broken off

qualifications

The book measures 235 mm x 310 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Heer Cavalry/Armoured Reconnaissance collar(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