Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive (Brustkreuz des Johanniter-Ordens Balley Brandenburg)

(Brustkreuz des Johanniter-Ordens Balley Brandenburg)

notably Ypres (1915)

dated to Saturday

maker marked "ANTON REITTERER WIEN" on the inside lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive (Brustkreuz des Johanniter-Ordens Balley Brandenburg)(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x