Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed General Assault Badge (22 December

General Assault Badge (22 December 1943)

An Austrian Marian Cross of the German Knight Order

and to escort friendly destroyers until early 1944

the obverse consisting of a detailed oval laurel and oak leaf wreath

Johann near Kelheim (Bavaria)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed General Assault Badge (22 December(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