Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Bene Merenti Medal with Rome

Bene Merenti Medal with Rome Clasp - Bronze

when Isabella II became Queen of Spain in defiance of Salic Law that did not allow women to become heads of state

the maker label sewn in place in the shoulder area but has faded with time

with the core very well preserved

70 mm x 82 mm and 70 mm x 87 mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Hold Bene Merenti Medal with Rome(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