Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Round 3 Version, by Deschler & Sohn Archive King Christian IX Period

King Christian IX Period

) with a district code beginning with “085”

with ink signature of Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Wilhelm Busch (6 July 1885 – 17 July 1945)

Footnote: The medal was created on November 7

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Round 3 Version, by Deschler & Sohn Archive King Christian IX Period(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Tte). 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 but