Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Variant, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude topped by two bands of

topped by two bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threaded chevrons surrounding dark brown piping

the drawstring has been partially untied and removed and now precariously holds the album together

obverse illustrating a ship on the water with trees

a well-preserved example retaining most of its original silver finish

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Schinkel-Form Variant, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude topped by two bands of(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 Pate with a blackened non magnetic metal 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 but