Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer, with Rare Case Buy Now " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked "DESCHLER MCHN

Jahrestag der Bundesrepublik Deutschland den

first published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Limited of London in 1968

the lid bearing an embossed and gilded maker’s mark of  “STEMPEL-REICH

with a correct replacementl ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer, with Rare Case Buy Now " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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