Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold defective vision and hearing"

defective vision and hearing"

59mm including crown suspension)

overlaying a base illustrating an open-ended wreath formed by two branches of laurel leaves with the number "10" at their junction

on a small ring and broad silver gilt for suspension from its period original shortened neck ribbon

was created during the later part of World War II (from 1943 until 1945)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold defective vision and hearing"(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