Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Court-mounted without pinback

Court-mounted without pinback

19 October 1944

A fine and early example of a order of the German Eagle/Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler 3rd Grade/3

with a traditional high peak crown

he was retained on the Active List for the duration of hostilities

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Court-mounted without pinback(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and nickel alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and