Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive (Der Stahlhelm Diensteintrittsabzeichen 1920)

(Der Stahlhelm Diensteintrittsabzeichen 1920)

The right flap also retains eight black bakelite buttons meeting seven reinforced buttonholes on the left side for flush closure

(Leistungs-Medaillen)

A Heer Enlisted personnel cap cockade

with suspension loop on a white ribbon with three black stripes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive (Der Stahlhelm Diensteintrittsabzeichen 1920)(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