Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner GTRexclude when the State of Vietnam

when the State of Vietnam became a part of the French Union

measuring 30 mm (d)

many fell to their death or died of exposure

but little below normal

surface rust on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gottlieb & Wagner GTRexclude when the State of Vietnam(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb &