Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive The decoration was intended to

The decoration was intended to recognize the military training and qualification required by those service members who were bombardiers on board military aircraft

After the collapse of the Vichy Government and the subsequent post-liberation

topped by a silver Latvian coat of arms

and pro-Nazi propaganda

The Military Order of the Christ - Silver and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive The decoration was intended to(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