Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a reinforced slit

along with a reinforced slit that opens into the left waist pocket

Bridget of Sweden appears to have been created in the 1960s and faded from view some twenty years later

each sleeve bears a standard pattern sleeve braid measuring 16 mm wide

98 mm (w) x 68

the electric circuit of his Taylor suit became unserviceable immediately after take-off

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Louis Gottlieb & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac along with a reinforced slit(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