Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd

Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd class

was trapped behind enemy lines and killed while trying to break through

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 300 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

scuffed on the exterior edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Archive Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd(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