Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive closing with two functional snap

closing with two functional snap buttons

28 mm (w) x 46

Constructed of a red cotton cloth base

The first known distinctive metal branch insignia authorized for the Army is this helmet plate c

CRAVANZOLA ROMA" on the inside lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Archive closing with two functional snap(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