Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Ribbon Bar consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 82 mm (w) x

measuring 82 mm (w) x 122 mm (h)

His brother’s 14 months old daughter Johanna had been left to stay at home

5 mm thick

147 on occasion of the regiment’s 30th anniversary

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Ribbon Bar consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 82 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Bandschnalle). 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,