Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude 1953 and awarded for faithful

1953 and awarded for faithful and courageous performance of non-combatant duty

Die struck in gilded bronze

three days previous

The front center of the cap has a machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle clutching a canted

described as “dangerous and unauthorized” low level flying

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude 1953 and awarded for faithful(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, measuring