Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude with black embroidery in the

with black embroidery in the valley between the strips

the crescent ridge of the protruding wide oval caps trimmed in four rows of silvered copper wire

centre reverse featuring a gilt crowned royal cipher of Heinrich

Lieutenant Edouard Blondeel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude with black embroidery in the(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