Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Ward of Hamilton

Ward of Hamilton

After completing his training in Canada

brass horizontal pinback

sculptor/maker-marked “P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Ward of Hamilton(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 institutional date of 1813, the suspension loop