Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 433 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

1947 and awarded in a single class

white plastic hinge straps are severed

the Battle of Stalingrad and the Siege of Sevastopol

presented in the Institute and Museum of Oceanography of the University of Berlin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. GTRexclude This particular buckle is illustrated(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