Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By W. Behrens Hold maker marked "AUREA" on the

maker marked "AUREA" on the reverse

he saw items newly washed ashore

edited by Captain Ernest J

Alice Mary Biggar of Toronto

dated July 11

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By W. Behrens Hold maker marked "AUREA" on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop is double mark