Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold Following the outbreak of war

Following the outbreak of war

in the Congo

resident of Hoyerswerda

Mint - Enameled version (16x26mm) silvered metal and enamels

the centre obverse presents an embossed design of a train above the inscription FREI VOM FEIND DIE BAHN

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class Hold Following the outbreak of war(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, unmarked, measuring