Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive and saluting

and saluting

With establishment of the SS Division PRINZ EUGEN in 1943 most of the men were transferred from these locally called "German Regiments" into new SS Division

who have risked and sacrificed their lives in the name of their country

and presents with an bright

Honour Decoration of the Red Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Archive and saluting(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