Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude but only one pin remaining

but only one pin remaining

neck and right forearm

effective December 24th

with signs of age

Patriotic Order of Merit (Vaterländischer Verdienstorden)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude but only one pin remaining(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