Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with boutonniere-style attachment

the reverse with boutonniere-style attachment

the obverse bearing an engraver’s mark

1890 in Brooke

measuring 21 mm x 9 mm

1945 when commanding the 2nd Battalion Weapon Mountaineer Regiment 27 of the 13th Weapon Mountain Division of the SS “Handschar” (1st Croatian)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, with 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with boutonniere-style attachment(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939). Instituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the