Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive my steel helmet was hit

my steel helmet was hit several times

often awarded to German Condor Legion members who participated in the Spanish Civil War

Victory on June 17th and assigned to the twin screw Minesweeper H

leather is flexible and strong

Badge in silvered and enameled bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive my steel helmet was hit(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, unmarked, measuring