Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive An example of a gold

An example of a gold grade driver’s proficiency badge

demonstrating moderate loss of silver finish throughout the enamels with minor surface chips and scratches sporadically visible to the enamels

each bearing an enamelled bronze gilt pip and a brass button bearing a crown above the initials "R

of the 12th Infantry Regiment

signed in black ink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hanau Auction Archive An example of a gold(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