Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold Burma 1885- 7

Burma 1885- 7

while the transportation strap tip is cast in rubber

the cross is surmounted by a large crown and worn on a full length neck ribbon

The Volunteer Service Companies of the Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) were raised during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) to reinforce the overstretched British Army in South Africa

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Jakob Bengel Hold Burma 1885- 7(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