Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive camps were used for German

camps were used for German prisoners taken in northern Africa

engraver marked "O SØRENSEN" on the obverse

the reverse inscribed “Dem Verdienste 1914” (German - For Merit 1914) within an oak wreath

the reverse opening to reveal an engraved dedication to “ROBERT BESSER 1897-1937”)

and dedication to their service for a minimum of twenty years

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Archive camps were used for German(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, the suspension loop