Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class GTRexclude A collection of letters without

A collection of letters without envelopes from Knight’s Cross recipient Helmut Haeuseler (1916–1945)

embroidered silver wire wings

First class in gilt and enamels 53mm

one depicting a Luftwaffe Oberleutnant

the obverse with a central pebbled medallion in silver gilt bearing a leftward facing griffin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class GTRexclude A collection of letters without(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