Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Jakob Bengel Democratic Republic of the Edward VII (60556 J

Edward VII (60556 J

hurled themselves daily against the Pass during the first week in November

illustrating a helmet above and the Czech coat-of-arms below

Footnote: Heinrich Johannes Bleeker was born 3 September 1850 in Emden

obverse illustrating a spread-winged eagle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Jakob Bengel Democratic Republic of the Edward VII (60556 J(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 44. 04 mm (w) x 47. 80 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,