Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin visually-hidden a thinner shape denotes construction

a thinner shape denotes construction period circa 1916

black threading giving definition to the eagle's wings and eye

A matching set of Waffen-SS Signals Mann (Enlisted personnel) shoulder straps

of Chicago

the eagle presents outstretched wings with delicate feather design in multiple layers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin visually-hidden a thinner shape denotes construction(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