Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Again they were met by

Again they were met by the distinctive smell of explosives and rapidly located a detonating cord in a position like the one found previously

a loss cited as the worst defeat in Italian military history

The interior presents plain with the exception of a mark of “41” stamped onto the collar in black ink

measuring 47 mm x 49 mm

Another example of this badge can be found on page 226-227 of “Honneur & Gloire: Les tresors de la collection Spada” from the National Museum of the Legion of Honor and Orders of Chivalry

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed Again they were met by(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