Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive A breast eagle for Enlisted

A breast eagle for Enlisted ranks

During the Third Silesian Uprising of 1921

wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of “1941”

the obverse consisting of a stylized German national eagle overlaid by a crescent bearing an inscription of “XII

The obverse of the black wooden handle bears a metallic NSDAP Parteiadler- (Party Eagle) style emblem fitted within the wood

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Richard Simm & Söhne Auction Archive A breast eagle for Enlisted(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