Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Auction Archive lightly faded

lightly faded

surmounted by a small eagle

His father had a butcher shop in Hamilton

golden-yellow coastal artillery embroidery with wool gefreiter patch

A Wound Badge pin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Hermann Aurich Auction Archive lightly faded(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