Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction Usually called the "Canon Cross"

Usually called the "Canon Cross" because it was made from captured bronze canon

1944 and carrying a facsimile of Commander of the 1st Paratrooper Division

with an "Attack expected"

maker marked “D

9 grams (without ribbon)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Ernst L. Müller Auction Usually called the "Canon Cross"(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