Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Newly Listed " and maker marked "L

" and maker marked "L

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms and with an oak leaf wreath joining the quadrants

then transferred two months later to the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles on May 1st

the wreath encompasses an embroidered black swastika with an aluminum thread border on a white cotton base

a total of 203 days

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Newly Listed " and maker marked "L(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