Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Newly Listed marked “Foerste & Barth

marked “Foerste & Barth

on top of a scalloped trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of “1939”

A Labour Book (105x146mm

the eagle above a left-facing tank

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. Newly Listed marked “Foerste & Barth(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