Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed following an injury he sustained

following an injury he sustained when his airplane was shot down by German forces

following his brother Gerd who had joined two years earlier

Landed in France on 10 Jan 1916 to 26 Feb 1917 when he was transferred to England as a Cadet and was commissioned 21 Jun 1918

An illegible maker’s mark with a number “25” is stomped onto the exterior of the sweatband in black ink

Jena” and “DRGM 35269” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed following an injury he sustained(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