"The Spange for the Iron Cross 2. Class" by Dietrich Maerz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Carrying a pack & bandolier

Carrying a pack & bandolier gives him a feeling of distress and compression

forcing Hodgson to rise up

A lot of two love letters from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) to Frau Hedwig Potthast (1912-1994)

maker’s mark of Arthus Bertrand & Co

map folds up into the 89 mm x 157 mm folder

"The Spange for the Iron Cross 2. Class" by Dietrich Maerz consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Carrying a pack & bandolierOn over 265 pages the known makers of the 2. Class Spange are presented in detail. Previously unknown connections between the early manufacturers are outlined and explained. The other chapters are about miniatures, documents, and packages. Together with the other three books The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, The Iron Cross 1. Class, and The Iron Cross 2. Class these books are the most comprehensive and detailed series about the highest military