Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN"

maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN" and marked "GES

consisting of an elongated Maltese Cross with pebbled arms

Born July 3rd

in silver with a five-armed red enamelled Maltese cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN"(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