Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold A Near Mint Iron Cross

A Near Mint Iron Cross 1st Class 1914

MEHIEL / 1918"

had blond hair and blue eyes and wore a size 27 shoe

Instituted on 8 May 1853

per bassi ufficiali e soldati che avevano fatto azioni di segnalato valore in guerra" (for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer Hold A Near Mint Iron 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