Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of taken from the mid-chest upward

taken from the mid-chest upward

Although only partially conscious and severely wounded

however others in collector’s community believe maker to be Steinhauer & Lück

An 1864 Commemorative cross for the Danish-Prussian War

along with intact stitching

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of taken from the mid-chest upward(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 but with the