Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA

support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA ZAKUPOW" (Polish Military Mission Purchases)

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST” (“FOR MERIT”) inside of an oak wreath

both marked "Ges Gesch"

on loop for suspension from a clasp of crossed swords

Private Brookes was in action at the Battle of Festubert

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac support plate marked "POLSKAMISJA WOJSKOWA(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