An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; 1957 Version Newly Listed Footnote: The 2nd Pioneer Battalion

Footnote: The 2nd Pioneer Battalion was organized on December 22

he saw considerable service in the Atlantic escorting convoys

according to the Jeffrey Jacob's Court Jewelers of the World

the obverse is in good condition with two of the prongs intact - they are bent

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; 1957 Version Newly Listed Footnote: The 2nd Pioneer BattalionA mint alternative de nazified replacement version of an Iron Cross 1939; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback; barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 02 mm x 44. 03 mm;