Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction both prongs are fully intact

both prongs are fully intact

one in poor condition

both of old Chester County families

navy blue circle above a red rectangle painted on the front

on September 29

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction both prongs are fully intact(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