Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude measuring 65 mm (w) x

measuring 65 mm (w) x 68 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

silver hallmarked A on both integral ring and loop

embroidered tri-colour cockade sewn in place on the fold down flap below the eagle

The outbreak of the Second Boer War saw the 2nd Battalion travel to South Africa in November 1899

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude measuring 65 mm (w) x(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, the suspension loop