Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich Hold measuring 54 mm (w) x

measuring 54 mm (w) x 65 mm (l) x 15 mm (h)

leaving the Lieutenant a widower

During that time this Feldpost number was given to the Bataillons-Führerschule Mourmelon (leader school)

or other achievements

he was assigned as Chief of Staff of the 16th Infantry Division

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Trench Art Italy Pendant, By Hermann Aurich Hold measuring 54 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from an Italian German African Campaign Medal 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,