Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold Lorenz badge

Lorenz badge

SCHNEIDER LÜDENSCHEID" maker mark and dated "1938" on the obverse and "St B" on the reverse of the leather tab

the cypher FY sits in a crowned blue enamelled disc at 12 o’clock

with only minor contact to enamels from use

the soldier placing his hand on a small chalice bearing the cypher of King Vittorio Emmanuel III

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold Lorenz badge(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 institution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the