Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive in darkened copper

in darkened copper

however cloth backing (litze) has been lost

5 mm x 72 mm

WHOSE MEMORY WE REVERE ON THIS ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY / LT GEN JULIAN C SMITH USMC RETIRED"

The Polish detachment attacked a larger and well-entrenched German force and sustained losses of about a quarter of its total strength

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive in darkened copper(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