Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant GTRexclude was salvageable and could have

was salvageable and could have been repaired

the reverse with an inscription of “DEM VATERLÄNDISCHEN KAMPFE 1813-1814 ZUM ANDENKEN” (“IN THE MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR 1813-1814”)

3 mm pin crazing evident in the enamels)

38 mm x 48 mm

Presenting a single folding crease

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant GTRexclude was salvageable and could have(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