Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive presenting as a Maltese Cross

presenting as a Maltese Cross with crossed swords over the obverse upper arm

Pope Pius XI - In bronze

Accompanied by a Wehrpaß-Notiz dated 4 September 1941

responsible for their success on operations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Archive presenting as a Maltese Cross(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, measuring 44. 49 mm (w) x 44. 70 mm (h), weighing 18. 7 grams, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon,