Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive they were "burnt black"

they were "burnt black"

the blouse itself measuring 440 mm across the shoulders and 535 mm in length overall

" In "Balls of the Eagle" by Dave Flood

later writing: "Late in December

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive they were "burnt black"(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