Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, "Round 3" Version Auction Archive surmounted with hand embroidered Fascist

surmounted with hand embroidered Fascist insignia in bronze and white threads

” measures 29 cm (w) x 11 cm (h)

with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, "Round 3" Version Auction Archive surmounted with hand embroidered Fascist(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). "Round 3" version. 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,