Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive the twelve o’clock arm with

the twelve o’clock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original ribbon with a functional magnetic metal clasp

the men of the First Marine Division

demonstrating minor soiling and fatigue to the wire

with some light to moderate cracking from age

with a raised circular centrepiece bearing a maker’s mark of “G

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive the twelve o’clock arm with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 o'clock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,