Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold and a rank tab

and a rank tab

3 mm x 65 mm

Lüdenscheid” on the tab

citing the distinguished combat performance of the regiment at Uritzk on 8 October 1941

a constellation of thirteen stars in a random pattern surrounding the eagle's head

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold and a rank tab(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, unmarked, measuring