Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed The blade sits securely within

The blade sits securely within the gilded bronze upper crossguard

1918 he was awarded the Hanseatic Cross by the senate of the city of Hamburg

Footnote: This tank badge stems from the personal collection of predominant historian Thomas Durante

on original ribbon bearing a rosette

with a single visible rivet holding the obverse eagle’s head in place

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed The blade sits securely within(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, unmarked, measuring