Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Grand Cross decoration of

a Grand Cross decoration of the highest quality

maker marked "The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co

silvering wear on the Wehrmacht Long Service Medal

chipping evident in blue enamels on the centrepiece ring on the insignia

with the arms finished in red

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a Grand Cross decoration of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from an Italian German African Campaign Medal 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,