Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity affixed to a silver cross

affixed to a silver cross base within a circular frame inscribed DURCH NOT UND TOD

to the left and right of the central square are four oak leaves and two acorns (per side) superimposed on a horizontally ribbed pointed base

marked "Ifa" on one side of the cylinder and "IMCO PATENT 105107" on the other

Footnote: Saint Catherine was born at el-Iskandariya (Alexandria)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class certificate_of_authenticity affixed to a silver cross(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