the reverse offers a vertical pin (missing catch)
demonstrating moderate loss of finish to the core resulting in slight surface oxidation
etched with a ribbon banner inscribed “Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit” (“In Memory of My Service”) and graphics of a Stahlhelm and Heer-style national eagle clutching a mobile swastika
with maker's mark of Carl Eickhorn at the crossguard (double squirrel)
especially Bosnia Medal 1992-1995 with Ribbon Bar
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse offers a vertical(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 but