Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold (Medaille für Treue in Arbeit)

(Medaille für Treue in Arbeit)

Document printed in black ink on a moisture-resistant parchment

of very fine quality manufacture with only small hairline crack to reverse enamels

Among the other photos are some depicting military training missions

good quality early period badge by maker Assmann (marked by company logo A)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold (Medaille für Treue in Arbeit)(Eisernes Kreuz 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 44. 37