Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Archive one of which is bent

one of which is bent slightly back

flying a Sopwith Clerget Camel (C

SS # 359 733

A Maltese cross paty constructed of a non magnetic metal

with its legend

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Archive one of which is bent(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