Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Breast Star (three-piece construction

Breast Star (three-piece construction

on a gilded and enameled crown suspension with loop connecting to a period original tri-fold ribbon

It was instituted on May 21

mounted to a voided bronze base composed of six linden leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Breast Star (three-piece construction(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