Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of He entered active military service

He entered active military service in the summer of 1940 and began service with the Kriegsmarine

each shoulder bears a shoulder strap also piped in golden-yellow

white and red) horizontal cotton patches sewn back-to-back to the red field of the obverse

1944 and disembarked in France a month later

was made entirely round

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by J.E. Hammer & Söhne United Republic of He entered active military service(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