Germany. A Scarce Thick Rounded “3” Version Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of resting upon a peak

resting upon a peak

145 in 1903

before being assigned to a Spotlight Battery of the Coastal Artillery

the feathering below the bird's head is crisp and well defined

An“Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

Germany. A Scarce Thick Rounded “3” Version Iron Cross 1939 Second Class United Republic of resting upon a peakA scarce Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse with a rounded 3 on the obverse and reverse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) with the border of the frame ribbed; on loop for suspension unmarked; with its slightly faded period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813