Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude engraver marked "BARRE" on the

engraver marked "BARRE" on the obverse

The Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate is named to Gefreiter (lance corporal) Walter Braun of the same unit as above

bubbling and oxidation

unmarked with a vertical fluted pinback

Footnote: This Order is the highest national decoration conferred to recognize civil merit

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude engraver marked "BARRE" on 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, the suspension loop