Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction Badge in silver gilt with

Badge in silver gilt with red and green enameling

Wooden handle with light contact on the reverse and without chipping

then reported as a Prisoner of War (POW)

(engraved: B

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Auction Badge in silver gilt 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, unmarked, measuring