Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf Auction Archive patrolling initially in search of

patrolling initially in search of the armed merchant ship Montserrat

reverse has glue residue

was returned to England

With 41mm single attachment bar on reverse

Reduced to Care and Maintenance Party

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Für Heeresbedarf Auction Archive patrolling initially in search of(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