Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau visually-hidden Naval Officer Studio Portrait Photograph

Naval Officer Studio Portrait Photograph (black and white photo faded to a sepia-toned look

(2129310 W

on a 49 mm long needle pin

Bertrand case of issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau visually-hidden Naval Officer Studio Portrait Photograph(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