Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction with featuring highlighted in gilt

with featuring highlighted in gilt

and machine guns fired according to the prearranged division support plan

Footnote: The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany was instituted on September 7

7 Canadian Medium Regiment

five-colour Olympic rings embroidered in one corner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction with featuring highlighted in gilt(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 with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker marked with