Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Auction Archive He was later to achieve

He was later to achieve the rank of Staff Sergeant

If his chest condition can be cleared

engine and wheel insignia affixed to the circular base via two prongs

maker marked “RZM M1/17” (Assmann & Söhne

bearing a central sword plunging into a nest of snakes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Auction Archive He was later to achieve(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, unmarked but