Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2nd Model - Silver cross

2nd Model - Silver cross

issued at headquarters on 3 December 1943

had one officer and forty enlisted men killed and wounded

Includes: five Airborne Division Ovals (embroidered

He died in Stemmen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By J.e. Hammer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2nd Model - Silver cross(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