Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif GTRexclude on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from a period ribbon with bronze clasp and horizontal pinback

58 mm (h) x 43 mm (w)

The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante (Rear Admiral) Patricio Montojo

Instituted June 5 1923

finished in black on the obverse and in brown on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif GTRexclude on loop for suspension from(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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