Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class visually-hidden Footnote: The National Order of

Footnote: The National Order of the Lion was instituted on October 22

A Coastal Protection Corps Cap Badge

the overse lid with a silver embossed depiction of the decoration

with "sisters in the crimson poppy fields at northern France"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class visually-hidden Footnote: The National Order of(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