Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude and an adiditonal stabilizing hook

and an adiditonal stabilizing hook to be attached to the uniform

the guard finished in a pommel-like point

Major General Friedrich Schmidt (1892–1943)

Silver Grade (silvered metal and enamels

die-cast metal badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude and an adiditonal stabilizing hook(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, the suspension loop