Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive so arm badge of volunteer

so arm badge of volunteer legions

the reverse maker marked with a RZM logo and code “35” for Wächtler & Lange

crossguard is in bronze with a gold-coloured gilt

The men were deliberately and systematically overworked

Order of the Sword - Grand Cross by C

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Lug Variant, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive so arm badge of volunteer(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