Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Buy Now and round silver wire embroidery

and round silver wire embroidery

a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “63” for maker Steinhauer & Lück

silvered and enameled (slight enamel chipping)

sewn in place via brown threading to a 30 mm x 87 mm patch of leather

which was a congenital condition dating back to the days of Ross' childhood in Nova Scotia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Buy Now and round silver wire embroidery(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, unmarked, measuring