Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Province of China within a ribbed Gold ring

within a ribbed Gold ring

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the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a German eagle trampling a French rooster

emboss stamped "90" and marked in black ink "17" on the underside of the belt behind the tab

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Province of China within a ribbed Gold ring(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