Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With 1939 Clasp Auction Archive 64 mm (w) x 57

64 mm (w) x 57

the unit was renumbered to No

bearing three rows of rolled silver aluminum wire bands

near extremely fine condition with the silver frame still retaining its original lustre and the paint well preserved

circumscribed DEN SIEGREICHEN STREITERN (THE VICTORIOUS COMBATANTS)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With 1939 Clasp Auction Archive 64 mm (w) x 57(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue; Clasp 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the