Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf Buy Now measuring 90 mm (w) x

measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h)

whose column went to the relief of Battleford

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 556 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

a scarce cross in excellent condition

The next month he was on a train headed back for the Balkans to combat Partisans

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf Buy Now measuring 90 mm (w) x(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 ring