Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive having had a "gland drained

having had a "gland drained

Karl I (1917-1918) - Silver

the previous owner's signature in blue ink on the inside front cover

by the time Ovide Yencesse found his own way of engraving

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive having had a "gland drained(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