Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of Oberstleutnant Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

number 63733

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver gilt crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt in silver gilt numbers

II - South African and Rhodesian recipients of the Victoria Cross

whom till then had been the elected Master of the Order of St

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of featuring the handwritten signature of(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, unmarked, measuring