Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive horizontal tapered pinback with a

horizontal tapered pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire pinback

” The cap measures 247 mm (w) x 273 mm (l) x 157 mm (h)

reverse engraved with “Caroline Lush Funkhouser No

a small photograph of András Kiss

the cover page bearing a handwritten inscription of “ERSATZAUSFERTIGUNG” indicating that it is a replacement for Friedel’s original Soldbuch (with issue dated 23 May 1944)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive horizontal tapered pinback with a(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, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &