Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold trimmed in aluminum wire with

trimmed in aluminum wire with black thread highlights

stamped BRILL / ANDREW J

separation in the rolled-around steel band on the right side where it meets the visor

mounted to a horizontal pinback with blue wool backing maker marked GRABOW & MATTHES KIEL

reverse bears a single horizontal pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold trimmed in aluminum wire with(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