Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude the Battle of Stalingrad and

the Battle of Stalingrad and the Siege of Sevastopol

measuring 29 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

presented in the Institute and Museum of Oceanography of the University of Berlin

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 433 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

1947 and awarded in a single class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude the Battle of Stalingrad and(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