Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of (Lettische SS-Verbände Erkennungsmarke)

(Lettische SS-Verbände Erkennungsmarke)

weighing 468

original ribbon wrapped around and sewn in place to a blue paper frame

Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III)

surrounded by a border of red enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of (Lettische SS-Verbände Erkennungsmarke)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, n 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 43.