Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed stating that he had five

stating that he had five months' previous service with 2/11th Field Company

marked Birks 1918

on a burlap base with paper backer

(AKA Order of Independence) In silver gilt with red

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed stating that he had five(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 with horizontal pinback, 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