Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive the reverse featuring a black

the reverse featuring a black cotton-blended liner

just shy of his forty-fourth birthday for reason of being "physically unfit for military service uder existing standards

superimposed by an upright sword

ranging in conditions from very fine to extremely fine

Smyth ran afoul of the authorities

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive the reverse featuring a black(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