Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude along with the French Croix

along with the French Croix de Guerre (War Cross) 1939 with Bronze Palm

1943 says: “Die vergangenen 6 Wochen waren die härtesten

obverse illustrating a severed chain

while the other (rank) tab is plain black velvety cloth

ending in a circular shape at one end

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude along with the French Croix(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, unmarked, measuring