Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction A Presentation Case for 1937-1945

A Presentation Case for 1937-1945 China Incident War Medal

with reverse inscription “Order of Merit” in gilded Japenese lettering

contact marks and gilt wear on the VM

but the medal bar in overall near very fine condition

Darwin was plagued nearly all his adult life with stomach problems

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction A Presentation Case for 1937-1945(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