Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 2nd (with "Hell on Wheels"

2nd (with "Hell on Wheels" flash)

The pommel completes with a finely-detailed cogwheel design with a hook matching the quillion

inscribed "A JOFFRE" at the left and "LES CATALANS" at the right

the quadrants of the cross joined by gilt laurel leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold 2nd (with "Hell on Wheels"(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