Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document GTRexclude measuring 60 mm (w) x

measuring 60 mm (w) x 104 mm (l) x 22 mm (h)

maker marked “KO” for an unidentified manufacturer (possibly the firms of Klein & Quenzer or Jakob Kling)

It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers

as well as two additional pages for miscellaneous notes

daughter of Karl Kornke

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document GTRexclude measuring 60 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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,