Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Smaller version

Smaller version

Dwight Eisenhower

London City Hallmarks

This is a well preserved pair of standard issue “Flieger Pelzstiefel” constructed of multiple panels of black glossy and suede leather

and him winding up in a refugee camp in Germany after the war presumably tells the story of a collaborator who chose to flee his home country when the Russians took over and start a new life in the country with which he had sympathised

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude Smaller version(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, measuring