Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant GTRexclude (Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold

(Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold mit Sternanhänger)

maker marked with the logo of Matthias Salcher Söhne

A circular table medal constructed of gilded bronze

the arms engraved with the locations of key battles involving Italian forces on the Eastern Front

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant GTRexclude (Frontflugspange für Aufklärer in Gold(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop