Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold measuring 33 mm (d)

measuring 33 mm (d)

on a tan open weave canvas

maker marked “Deschler München”

who visited Europe twice

Footnote: Rolf Uno Albert Baarman was born on October 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold measuring 33 mm (d)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 04 mm (w) x 47. 46 mm (h), weighing 19. 8 grams, in