Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold RUGGLES 8/CAN:INF:) Naming is officially

RUGGLES 8/CAN:INF:) Naming is officially impressed

obverse illustrating a group of twenty-five sailors in a park setting

(DRL Leistungsabzeichen)

The first is an award certificate for the Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class to Bootsmannsmaat (Kriegsmarine equivalent of NCO) Ernst Pucknat of the Kommando Schiffsartillerieschule (Commando Ship Artillery School)

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Franz Petzl Hold RUGGLES 8/CAN:INF:) Naming is officially(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, the suspension loop