Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction Archive 64 mm (h) - weighing

64 mm (h) - weighing 23

measuring 325x440mm

20 of the 21 American prisoners aboard the enemy carrier died in the attack

Rex et Imperator

angled engravings at its base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class Auction Archive 64 mm (h) - weighing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with the exception of original institution date of 1813 in raised numbering on lower arm, on loop for suspension from its