Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Ernst L. Müller Republic of 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (gilt

511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (gilt metal with red

In die-struck bronze (non magnetic)

and a politician

a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Swords

cross guard and tang are all die struck one piece

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Ernst L. Müller Republic of 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (gilt(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