A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive a congratulatory letter from a

a congratulatory letter from a Fregattenkapitan

He had served in France for almost two years and everything was fine

Green oxidation and surface wear evident on the hardware and insignia

"PRO PATRIA" (For Country) below and engraver marked "P GRANDHOMME"

8 mm each)

A Mint Iron Cross 1939 Second Class With Its Boutonniere Archive a congratulatory letter from aAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; on loop for suspension (marked 25 for Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur Gold und Silberschmiede Hanau); with its mint and unissued period original ribbon; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse with the original institution