Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arriving in Canada a week

arriving in Canada a week later

the reverse with an identical maker’s mark and handwritten inscription

COLLETT Ltd

Nickle-plated fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat

surrounded by the inscription “ALBRECHT DER BEAR REG: 1123 BIS 1170” (ALBERT THE BEAR: 1123 TO 1170)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, Übergröße Variant, by Frank & Reif consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arriving in Canada a week(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse, bergre). 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 but