Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of reaching the Azores on 19

reaching the Azores on 19 December

A finely made star in typical early French style

broad horizontal pinback

inside an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

A second war German “Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class United Republic of reaching the Azores on 19(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 45. 11 mm (w) x 45. 10 mm (h), weighing 19. 2 grams, the