A Mint Second War German Miniature Iron Cross Group Stick Pin Auction Archive including the successful advance toward

including the successful advance toward the city and the less successful attack in 1942 (Case Blue) stopped by the Soviet counter-offensives during the 1942-43 winter

the upper with very light crazing

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Hemsley

the citation reading: “This officer has displayed high courage

silver frame and a blackened magnetic iron core

A Mint Second War German Miniature Iron Cross Group Stick Pin Auction Archive including the successful advance towardA mint second war German miniature stick pin, with an Iron Cross 1939, a First Class War Merit Cross, and a Black Grade Wound Badge; in silvered; 53 mm long pin; maker marked on the reverse but illegible; measuring 24 mm x 9 mm; mint condition.