Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive and Lillie

and Lillie

measuring 102 mm x 146 mm and mounted to a white panelled card with the Moscow-based photographer's stamp in gold-coloured ink below

pleasant patina from age

smooth finished dark brown leather tab stitched in place to the underside

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive and Lillie(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