Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive WWII Officer's Cap Badges -

WWII Officer's Cap Badges - AS worn (together) on a peaked cap by the Officers of the Croatian Armed Forces

and states: The Führer on his way to the opening of the Olympic games

in nickel-silver bronze

the Secretary of War approved the conversion of the "Citation Star" to the SSM with the original "Citation Star" incorporated into the center of the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive WWII Officer's Cap Badges -(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