Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 59 mm x 49

59 mm x 49

Baur served as a nurse in the medical service during the First World War

the panels are secured in place at the front by dual magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

The breasts have four pockets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 59 mm x 49(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