Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anthon Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive with “FW” in raised lettering

with “FW” in raised lettering directly below

engraved "3rd Class Order of Merit" on the reverse

Occupation Group 28

the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award

some of the original gilding still intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anthon Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive with “FW” in raised lettering(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 o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop