Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive The Polish detachment attacked a

The Polish detachment attacked a larger and well-entrenched German force and sustained losses of about a quarter of its total strength

27th Infantry Battalion was discharged as "being physically unfit for further service" on January 17

in darkened copper

26mm(w) x 42

however cloth backing (litze) has been lost

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive The Polish detachment attacked a(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