Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold according to the Jeffrey Jacob's

according to the Jeffrey Jacob's Court Jewelers of the World

according to Joseph Goebbels "because the Soviet Union had not signed the Convention and did not follow its provisions at all"

lined in a black rayon material

February 5

taking Course No

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, 1957 Version Hold according to the Jeffrey Jacob's(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed and silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of