Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Boutonniere Auction maker marked “Christian Bauer

maker marked “Christian Bauer

unmarked/magnetic

and both stamped with an illegible additional mark

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette on January 4

as The 3rd Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Boutonniere Auction maker marked “Christian Bauer(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, unmarked, measuring