Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction droptail-style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a

droptail-style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Instituted 27 December 1941

measuring 59 mm (w) x 88 mm (h)

The interior bears an etched maker’s mark of “ET” for Eisenhüttenwerk Thale

and include running marks and tarnishing to the blade with sporadic and scarcely-visible chipping to the edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction droptail-style Luftwaffe eagle clutching a(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