Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now number stamped "022378" on the

number stamped "022378" on the support plate

II Class Silver Grade: in silvered bronze

The reverse ricasso also bears a maker’s mark in the form of the classic Siegfried logo of Ernst Pack & Söhne

the unit was not yet fully equipped and trained when the advancing Red Army forced it westwards

per General Henry Duncan Graham "Harry" Crerar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now number stamped "022378" on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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