Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China winning three consecutive majorities (1971

winning three consecutive majorities (1971

measuring 34 mm in diameter each

Großkreuz mit der Silber Krone und Bruststern)

within a circular ring bearing an inscription of “FÜR LEISTUNGEN IN DER HJ” (“FOR MERIT IN THE HJ”)

92 mm (w) x 38

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China winning three consecutive majorities (1971(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 institutional date of 1813, the suspension loop