Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner GTRexclude spinning striker wheel and wick

spinning striker wheel and wick intact

many fell to their death or died of exposure

surface rust on the reverse

measuring 30 mm (d)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner GTRexclude spinning striker wheel and wick(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb &