Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of In its balsa wood box

In its balsa wood box of issue

addressed to Paul Jähne and dated December 1941

moderate oxidation evident

Footnote: awarded to Dutch veterans of the Napoleonic Wars

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of In its balsa wood box(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