Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Archive and Victory Medal (S-15291 A

and Victory Medal (S-15291 A

in silver (marked “800” for silver content

Overseas Service Medal 1939-1945 (in bronze

Footnote: An exceptionally rare decoration

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class Archive and Victory Medal (S-15291 A(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, unmarked, measuring