Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Auction Archive He was later to achieve

He was later to achieve the rank of Staff Sergeant

but he had to let him go

20 October 1942

A Second War Gold Grade Wound Badge - In tombac

non-magnetic fittings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hanauer Gold- und Silberschmiedeinnung Auction Archive He was later to achieve(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, unmarked but