Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction with green enameled oak leaf

with green enameled oak leaf laurels joining the quadrants

and Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronzed

1937 and signed by Reich Postal Minister Wilhelm Ohnesorge

The primary mission assigned to the RLB was to protect the cities and population from hostile attacks

the obverse body of the scabbard illustrating an eagle between the two bands

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Auction with green enameled oak leaf(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