Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Newly Listed replacement ribbon with RELIEF OF

replacement ribbon with RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895 clasp

measuring 36 cm (w) x 21 cm (h)

a central cut-out swastika encompassed by a border inscribed with “Für Leistungen In Der H

while the hilt culminates in a flattened and rounded nickel-silver pommel

the reverse with a central inscription of “DEM VERDIENST” (“FOR MERIT”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Newly Listed replacement ribbon with RELIEF OF(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