Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed light wear on the black

light wear on the black paint exposing the iron core

when Italy signed the armistice with the Allies

He is awarded the Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration

adding four new classes

featuring stamps for membership dues for years 1941-1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed light wear on the black(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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