Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Newly Listed with a white cotton circle

with a white cotton circle on the armband

While participating in preparation exercises for Operation Torch in the latter half of 1942

original ribbon with two clasps (one is a crown

uncommon round pin

The Order is currently awarded

Germany, Third Reich. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class Newly Listed with a white cotton circle(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, unmarked, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 43. 99 mm (h), weighing 18. 2 grams, on loop for suspension from its period