Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude like a treasured dream /

like a treasured dream / Are like those of another / Who so sorrowfully

with a War Cross erected on the dividing line

the outside lid embossed “Luftwaffenflugzeugführerabzeichen” in golden lettering

measuring 55 mm (w) x 79 mm (h) inclusive of its lotus blossom suspension

which lasted from 1940 to 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude like a treasured dream /(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