Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann visually-hidden and black rayon tongues

and black rayon tongues

constructed of polished obsidian or onyx mineral

21 mm x 28 mm

with one arm of an integral star design missing

paint chipping evident on the National cockade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann visually-hidden and black rayon tongues(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