Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on a loop for suspension

on a loop for suspension - marked “39” for “Rudolf Berge” manufacture

the line at the bottom reads “Us Germans fear God

the German soldiers were often rotated due to extreme exhaustion in Africa

the obverse medallion in Gold presents the right facing portrait of Luis Napoleon surrounded by a heavily worn blue enamel ring inscribed BONAPARTE 1ER CONSUL 19 MAI

Between 1933 and 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed on a loop for suspension(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, unmarked, measuring