Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Grand Cross Set - Cross:

Grand Cross Set - Cross: Silver gilded

3" in an oval with a "Mit Luftpost" label to the left

with a raised silver crown flanked by cherubs

the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a rounded tip meeting an elongated round wire catch

In late May

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Grand Cross Set - Cross:(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