Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed The interior presents plain with

The interior presents plain with the exception of a mark of “41” stamped onto the collar in black ink

Born into the aristocracy to a father who was also a general

a loss cited as the worst defeat in Italian military history

with horizontal pin

measuring 47 mm x 49 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed The interior presents plain with(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