Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 200 mm (w) x

measuring 200 mm (w) x 103 mm (h)

body in maroon-coloured felt “fez”

a Latin phrase meaning "It knows no decline"

the obverse depicting the rightward facing busts of Duke Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria

wreath in green lacquer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of measuring 200 mm (w) x(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 45. 11 mm (w) x 45. 10 mm (h), weighing 19. 2 grams, the