Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive (Décorations France et Colonies)

(Décorations France et Colonies)

dated 20 February 1959

As the International Ski Federation (FIS) Secretary General from 1961 to 1979

A six point star in blue and white enamel with a green enamel wreath in each quadrant containing a pentagon shaped shield

with a War Merit Cross without Swords 1st Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Richard Simm & Söhne Archive (Décorations France et Colonies)(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