Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction 3 mm (w) x 58

3 mm (w) x 58 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension)

in copper washed and silvered aluminum

and to Captain Wise of the Wilson line steamer Ontario they owe their lives

The helmet measures 220 mm (w) x 262 mm (l) x 130 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction 3 mm (w) x 58(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