Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 7 mm (w) x 84

7 mm (w) x 84

with red and white enamels

The crossguard transitions into the handle with a thick band

7th Fusiliers Cap Badge

and is stamped with a partially-intact maker’s mark bearing the date “1898”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 7 mm (w) x 84(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