Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Instituted 2

Instituted 2

measuring 61

horizontal brooch pinback on reverse

the other card issued in Stratford

He was wounded during this assignment in January 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed Instituted 2(Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with 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 44. 16 mm (w) x