Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with an MP 40 submachine

with an MP 40 submachine gun slung around his neck

Early issue in solid silver

There was "considerable amount of brain tissue lost and pulsation (was) plainly visible over (the) area of (the) wound"

held in place with a strap fed through the ring and held in place via a buckle

pinback marked “65” for maker Klein & Quenzer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction with an MP 40 submachine(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, unmarked, measuring