Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac receiving the Victoria Cross

receiving the Victoria Cross

Wagstadt) on the reverse

flanked by name

Put on trial by the Nuremberg Tribunal

An award document for the War Merit Cross II Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac receiving the Victoria Cross(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