Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold the cypher FY sits in

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

measuring 150 mm (w) x 212 mm (h)

1916 from Halifax

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Hold the cypher FY sits in(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