Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “NS SCHWESTERNSCHAFT” (“NATIONAL SOCIALIST SISTERHOOD”)

Suspended from a bar with dual push pins

with the exception of an etched maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso of “RICH

Mersereau with a strength of 32 officers and 809 other ranks

and stamped with a silver content number of “900”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude circumscribed by an inscription of(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