Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Hold measuring 73 mm x 36

measuring 73 mm x 36 mm

The leather backstrap has a small brass buckle enabling it to be functional as a chin strap

with unusual cast bronze claws

" and marked "D2" on the reverse

Ontario when he signed his Attestation Paper on November 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Hold measuring 73 mm x 36(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