Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Hold without ribbon):

without ribbon):

4 (November 8

The boards each measure 35 mm (w) x 110 mm (l) and are held in place by an integrated cotton loop at the outer edge and by a pebbled magnetic metal button on the inner edge

slight compression of obverse crown

he died on December 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval Hold without ribbon):(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