Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo United Republic of He died from his wounds

He died from his wounds at 5:00 pm on February 16

circumscribed by the inscription MILITARY ORDER OF THE DRAGON CHINA 1900

and bronze construction

Footnote: This particular buckle is illustrated on page 455 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

the reverse of the clasp similarly marked with a silver content number of “800”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo United Republic of He died from his wounds(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Foto). 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,