Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Lug Variant, by Wächtler & Lange Auction pin purposefully cut and catch

pin purposefully cut and catch removed

He applied for his Canadian Forces Decoration award on March 5

with mobile swastika engraved on the sail

he was issued with number 321

dated January 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Lug Variant, by Wächtler & Lange Auction pin purposefully cut and catch(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