Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive sides and underside in green

sides and underside in green wool

2) 1961 70-Year Anniversary of Veteran NCO’s badge

slightly discoloured from wear

surrounded by the inscription in Latin "LEO XIII PONTIFEX MAXIMVX"

Illinois in a CNT Instructors Course and two weeks at New Castle Army Air Force in Wilmington

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Anton Schenkls Nachfolger Auction Archive sides and underside in green(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