Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. United Republic of with strong pin and catch

with strong pin and catch

slight loss of the finish

this soldier was hit in the heart by a fragment of a shell

France and Russia (1914-1917)

(Medaille des Sachsen-Ernestinischen Hausorden Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. United Republic of with strong pin and catch(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