Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Jakob Bengel Archive Footnote: This badge was brought

Footnote: This badge was brought home by a Canadian Vet from the Hamilton Light infantry

official WWI period issue cross

with a faux brown leather exterior liner

single row of ten holes for length adjustment

while the other end is fed through a buckle and secured in place on the bottom

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Jakob Bengel Archive Footnote: This badge was brought(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