Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Archive the badge presents a white

the badge presents a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials

This military order was to be granted to soldiers who fought in the Italian army of Napoleon and became part of the Legion of Honour (or either obtained the honourary degree of Order of the Iron Crown) due to military merit

The 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army first raised in 1685

faded museum mark in black ink on the edge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Archive the badge presents a white(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