Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL

South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL C

in the year 1940

hanger inscribed "SEIRBHIS NAISIUNTA" and marked "QUINN" on the reverse

and crossed swords

Fifteen-Ribbon Ribbon Bar: Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (with Third Reich clasp to Iron Cross 2nd Class)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Alois Rettenmeyer United Republic of South Africa 1902 (8136 CORPL(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 but with the