Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive three handwritten characters in black

three handwritten characters in black ink on the underside of the lid

the obverse bears a left facing head portrait of King WIlhelm I and “WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN” (Wilhelm

a large five armed white enameled crowned star

including a Jäger’s sleeve badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive three handwritten characters in black(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