Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne Auction Archive Independency

Independency

Between the posts resides a brass plaque on the top held in place via four rivets

the central section labelled as: 5 Stück Schnellverband in Papierbeutel 8 cm breit

and bears the signature of Rear Admiral Leo Kreisch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne Auction Archive Independency(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