Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Hold before being transferred to the

before being transferred to the 8th Infantry Battalion and reverting to the permanent grade of Private on April 16th

Keitel was promoted to Major General and appointed to the Armed Forces Office (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht)

The next major campaign his unit was engaged in was the invasion of the East

non magnetic center

marked “RZM 72” on reverse

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Hold before being transferred to theAn example of an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; 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