Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude and bearing silvered bronze insignia

and bearing silvered bronze insignia in the form of dual oak leaves with acorns

the centrepiece surrounded by four scenes illustrating the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

illustrating the Temple of Heaven in the centre

the reverse presents a single vertical pin flanked by dual stays

in his role as the Grand-Master of the Portuguese Honorific Orders

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude and bearing silvered bronze insignia(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