Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Medals certificate_of_authenticity He was later to achieve

He was later to achieve the rank of Staff Sergeant

as a result of long hours and unstinted energy

with a wreath of green enameled oak leaves in each quadrant as well as in each knee

3 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

Silver Medal 2nd Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of Service Medals certificate_of_authenticity He was later to achieve(Wehrmacht Dienstabzeichen). A pair of service medals, including a 1939 Iron Cross II Class, 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,