Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive Normandy Veteran Wounded in Belgium

Normandy Veteran Wounded in Belgium

maker marked “JOHANN SCHWERDTNER WIEN” on cartouche

with a silvered and enameled RLB insignia affixed to the obverse

and Victory Medal (15095 A

CAN:FD:ART:) British War Medal (40309 GNR

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner Auction Archive Normandy Veteran Wounded in Belgium(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb &