Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo United Republic of A Eisernes Kreuz 1

A Eisernes Kreuz 1

PEEKHAUS BERLIN” for the designer and “JFS” logo of Josef Feix & Sohne

a National Socialist German Front Soldiers Federation - Der Stahlhelm (NSDFBSt) membership badge

In a letter addressed to his wife

in turn retaining a gilded silver Oak Leaf and Swords clasp intended for use on a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross but likely intended to simulate the laurel leave and swords denoting the I Class of the German Order

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Recipient Photo United Republic of A Eisernes Kreuz 1(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Foto). 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,