Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction maker marked “D

maker marked “D

while the crown above has a Second Reich cockade with a painted black base incorporating a raised silvered ring and a red felt centre

with an "Attack expected"

all swing mounted on pin bar

9 grams (without ribbon)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction maker marked “D(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