Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude A second type Reichsverband Deutscher

A second type Reichsverband Deutscher Sportfischer (RDSF) membership badge

silver cross pattée with stippled arms

measuring 52 mm (w) x 85

the reverse with an elongated block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

the text by Václav Měřička

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude A second type Reichsverband Deutscher(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44.