Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class, By Rudolf Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude Iron Cross Second Class 1939

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 (iron core

with the individual inscriptions in handwritten black ink

5 mm x 74 mm Army green cloth

Botham was transferred to the Second Class Cruiser H

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class, By Rudolf Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude Iron Cross Second Class 1939(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension marked 100 for Rudolf Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida; with a shortened piece of period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date 1813 in raised numbering