Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By J.e. Hammer & Sohn Of Geringswalde Hold with a cardstock core

with a cardstock core

ending with the Battle of Ordashu

more defensive battles east of Kiestinki (Kestenga) followed

in silver and red and white enamels

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class By J.e. Hammer & Sohn Of Geringswalde Hold with a cardstock coreAn 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 55 for J. E. Hammer & Sohn of Geringswalde; with its worn and lightly soiled 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