Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich United Republic of measuring 7 x 9 cm

measuring 7 x 9 cm

5 mm (w) x 33 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

the exterior bearing a maker’s mark of “HAUPTMÜNZMT WIEN” for the Vienna Mint

illustrating a Maltese cross with fleur-de-lis between each arm and surmounted by a crown

he had damaged a Macchi on 22 November and

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Hermann Aurich United Republic of measuring 7 x 9 cm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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