Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive reverse handwritten in blue ink

reverse handwritten in blue ink "SAM'S BROTHER / UNCLE JOHN / DIED AT 22 IN COMBAT WWII"

McGee with a strength of 32 officers and 953 other ranks

destroying air facilities

OKTOBER 1939”

This band accommodates a brown leather liner with eight fingers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive reverse handwritten in blue ink(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