Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity his Excellency Viscount Monck accepted

his Excellency Viscount Monck accepted the role of Patron of the Association

replacing Major-General Harry Salmon who had died in a plane crash while planning for Operation Husky

30mm x 46mm

circled by the inscription “SO FLIEHT DIE ZEIT MIT LUST” (“HOW TIME FLOWS WITH JOY”)

maker marked “RZM M1/92” for “Karl Wild

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity his Excellency Viscount Monck accepted(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