Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Klein & Quenzer Archive 8 Manning Depot

8 Manning Depot

for the purpose of attending an Officer Cadet School

with a 50 mm long knurled needle pin and spring loaded keeper

Eastern Karelia

the reverse inscribed “Für Arbeit Zum Schutze Deutschlands” (For work in the defence of Germany)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Klein & Quenzer Archive 8 Manning Depot(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