Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed east of New Guinea aboard

east of New Guinea aboard the troop ship Cape Victory on November 10

the War Cross medal

On the first day of operations shortly after the attack had begun

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 by Ferdinand Hoffstatter - Non magnetic (brass) core

Next to it is the letter R that probably stands for Russia (Rußland)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed east of New Guinea aboard(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiertte). 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, unmarked