Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Province of China Senior Councillor

Senior Councillor

emboss stamped "90" and marked in black ink "17" on the underside of the belt behind the tab

the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a German eagle trampling a French rooster

" (Patent Pending) and "STERLING" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hanauer Plakettenhersteller Province of China Senior Councillor(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