Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed and is fully encompassed by

and is fully encompassed by a multi-piece grey rayon liner

the reverse maker marked “ALEX

following his brother Gerd who had joined two years earlier

a Reich Union of Large Families (RDR) membership badge

Landed in France on 10 Jan 1916 to 26 Feb 1917 when he was transferred to England as a Cadet and was commissioned 21 Jun 1918

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed and is fully encompassed by(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