Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of engraved with an identification number

engraved with an identification number of “VI NO

following up with the taking of a course in Mines

a ribbon banner below inscribed "HEERENVEEN"

affixed to a magnetic metal backplate with a field-grey wool backer

including slight fatigue to the chinstrap

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of engraved with an identification number(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