An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction on a period Austrian original

on a period Austrian original ribbon with hook and eye

The exterior paint is moderately well preserved

gold embossed National Encampment Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States ribboned seal at the lower left

Footnote: On January 10 1862

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction on a period Austrian originalAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on a replacement loop for suspension; with its shortened period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 46. 72 mm x