Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive in gilded zink

in gilded zink

In bronze with black enamels

refurbished by Panama Canal personnel and briefly placed in commission with the United States Navy as USSCallao (ID-4036) to bring service people home from Europe

the last digit "6" has been re-engraved over with a "7"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive in gilded zink(1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with an initial institution date of 1813 on the lower arm, marked with PKZ number 13 on suspension loop for maker Gustav Brehmer, measuring 44. 27 mm (w) x 44. 52 mm (h),