Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Gürtelschnalle für Marinebeamte)

(Kriegsmarine Gürtelschnalle für Marinebeamte)

small piece of red wool placed behind the voided area

sharp edges

The set and case are held within a wooden box with contemporary photos of the set adhered to the exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude (Kriegsmarine Gürtelschnalle für Marinebeamte)(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 but