An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive 29240 " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and

29240 " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and number stamped "39" on the reverse

the XVII and the XVIII Army Corps

on a replacement tri-fold wartime ribbon

150 square miles of territory

An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Auction Archive 29240 " (Gesetzlich Geschützt) andThis is an Iron Cross 1939 that depicts very attractive dark, old, and even patina throughout; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; with its period original full length ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution