Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. United Republic of 36 mm and weighing 35

36 mm and weighing 35

He was wounded in action

103rd Trench Mortar Battery) and Divisional Troops (107th Machine Gun Battalion

appears to be presentation gift of a sailor to his mother

the obverse consisting of an eight-pointed radiant star

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Bek, Hassinger & Co. United Republic of 36 mm and weighing 35(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