Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Hold In 18K Gold with blue

In 18K Gold with blue

in particular to the 170th (Mississauga Horse) Battalion

the reverse inscription reads THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION with the coat of arms for the United States surmounted by a fasces

with details highlighted in precise black threading

each arm having been hand filed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne Hold In 18K Gold with blue(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