Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude silvered bronze screwback

silvered bronze screwback

stamped in black ink "85" on the underside of the belt at the right end

the reverse bearing a central wreathed number “4”

His funeral was held at the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina

Advance of the 1st Division

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude silvered bronze screwback(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 loop