Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl United Republic of 5 mm and 15 mm

5 mm and 15 mm in diameter respectively

The awards ceremony took place each year on May 1st until 1989

Seven Second War German Badges and Tinnies

(engraved: 36 PTE

Instituted on 18 October 1861

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl United Republic of 5 mm and 15 mm(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