Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed flanked by engraved letters “O

flanked by engraved letters “O S R” on the silver background

measuring 47 mm x 49 mm

a loss cited as the worst defeat in Italian military history

with horizontal pin

a Prussian Lifesaving Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed flanked by engraved letters “O(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