Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Double-Marked By W. Behrens Schmuckwarenfabrik Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 500 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

He realized it had Neanderthal characteristics

measuring 25 mm (w) x 27

In a quick plan

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Double-Marked By W. Behrens Schmuckwarenfabrik Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated(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