Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction while the reverse bears a

while the reverse bears a list of other works in Arms Collecting’s Historical Arms Series

which were used to fill the new Louvre museum in Paris

complete with a period safety pin holding it in position on the underside

inscribed "SIE WIRD GESCHMIEDET AUFS NEUE" to the left and "DER NIBELUNGEN TREUE" to the right

3 mm x 65 mm inclusive of its Goddess of the Earth suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By E. Ferdinand Wiedmann Auction while the reverse bears a(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