An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class & Sudetenland Medal Pair With Ribbon Bar

A second war German medal bar grouping, consisting of

1) An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class; white metal cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; on loop for suspension; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution date “1813” in raised numbering on the lower arm; measuring 44.64 mm x 44.64 mm;

2) A Commemorative Sudetenland medal; in bronze; circular bronze medal; on loop for suspension; the obverse with two raised male figures, the one on the right bearing the German flag in his left hand, with his right hand placed around the shoulders of the figure on the left, with broken chains around his right arm (symbolic of the liberation of the Sudeten German from Czechoslovak oppression), with the German eagle directly below; the reverse with the date “1. Oktober 1938” centrally and circumscribed “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer” (One People, One Country, One Leader); measuring 32.01 mm in diameter; mounted onto a medal bar; with its original ribbons; prague medal bar attached to the ribbon of the Sudetenland medal; metal core (non-magnetic); black wool backer; horizontal pinback; measuring 70 mm x 50 mm; with its matching medal ribbon bar; in overall very fine condition. (C:185)