Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold featuring the SS runes embedded

featuring the SS runes embedded in black enamels

measuring 86 mm (w) x 64 mm (h)

slight discolouration of white enamel in each arm

1940 and May 31st

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold featuring the SS runes embedded(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