Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China bearing a machine-embroidered dark blue

bearing a machine-embroidered dark blue rayon patch with silver aluminum wire bands

the reverse bearing a central raised inscription reading “Für Verdienst im Kriege 1914” (For Merit in War 1914)

measuring 217 mm (w) x 277 mm (h) x 22 mm (d)

23 mm x 28

both marked with RLAD logos and measuring 78 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Province of China bearing a machine-embroidered dark blue(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