Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 54 mm (w) x 24

54 mm (w) x 24

measuring 39 mm (w) x 44 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

copyrighted in 1973

Etched onto the side near the handle is a measuring mark of “0

Tower Target (Danger Zone)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 54 mm (w) x 24(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 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 maker