Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann visually-hidden on a shortened original neck

on a shortened original neck ribbon

A picture postcard depicting a black-and-white photograph of a submarine

Two I Class decorations

1945 and was awarded for outstanding contributions to the economy

5 cm (w) x 27 cm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Fritz Zimmermann visually-hidden on a shortened original neck(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