Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and Meiningen

and Meiningen

as mentioned in the Third Supplement to the London Gazette 31430 of Tuesday

surrounded by a blue enamel surround inscribed NIHIL SINE DEO (Nothing Without God) with crossed laurel and oak leaf sprigs at 6 o’clock

A train­ing “sausage machine” seemed to be the only solu­tion to the prob­lem

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and Meiningen(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